Describe the FACES Pain Rating Scale and how it works.

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Chapter 36

  1. Describe the FACES Pain Rating Scale and how it works.
  2. Define neuromodulatorsand describe how they work.
  3. Explain how a child’s culture and family influence the pain response.

Describe and explain the “Eight Rights” of pediatric medication administration 

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Chapter 35

  1. Describe and explain the “Eight Rights” of pediatric medication administration
  2. Explain how the absorption of orally administered medications in infants and young children is different compared to those given to older children and adults.
  3. Outline the guidelines for determining the correct medication dose by body weight.

Write three possible nursing interventions for a child who is hospitalized for failure to thrive.

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Chapter 34

  1. Write three possible nursing interventions for a child who is hospitalized for failure to thrive.
  2. Define and discuss vulnerable child syndrome.
  3. Identify four situations/instances when the family of a child with special needs will likely require additional support
  4. What is an individualized education plan (IEP)? What role might a pediatric nurse play in preparing one?

Explain how the developmental level of preschoolers affects their reaction and response to hospitalization

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Chapter 33

  1. List and explain the three phases of separation anxiety.
  2. Explain how the developmental level of preschoolers affects their reaction and response to hospitalization
  3. List the factors that affect a child’s response to illness and hospitalization.
  4. Outline the key nursing components of the admission process.
  5. Describe the information that should be included in discharge instructions.

What are the key considerations for addressing sensitive health issues (sexuality, substance use, depression, suicide) with an adolescent while taking the health history?

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Chapter 32

  1. List the items that should be included in the functional history and provide an example where appropriate.
  2. What are the key considerations for addressing sensitive health issues (sexuality, substance use, depression, suicide) with an adolescent while taking the health history?
  3. It is important for the nurse to observe the parent–child interactions during the focused conversations of the health interview and throughout the physical examination. Provide some examples of nonverbal, behavioral cues exhibited by infants, toddlers, school-age children, and adolescents and their parents.
  4. Describe the developmental considerations for examination of a preschooler.

Discuss the principles of immunization and common barriers to pediatric immunization.

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Chapter 31

  1. Discuss the principles of immunization and common barriers to pediatric immunization.
  2. Discuss the principles of health supervision and its three components
  3. Describe how a health surveillance visit would be conducted differently with an infant, toddler, a child in grade school, and an adolescent.
  4. Discuss the key components of health promotion, including key strategies for health promotion; means of disseminating information; and ways to solve health promotion problems.

How do the child’s age, developmental level, family situation, community, and state of health affect the way the nurse conducts a health history?

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Chapter 30

  1. Discuss the major principles and concepts of atraumatic care.
  2. How do the child’s age, developmental level, family situation, community, and state of health affect the way the nurse conducts a health history?
  3. Explain the steps of child and family communication.

Briefly discuss each of the five developmental concerns of adolescence covered in this chapter

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Chapter 29

  1. Briefly discuss each of the five developmental concerns of adolescence covered in this chapter.
  2. Describe how the nurse can help children cope with each of those five developmental concerns of adolescence.

Identify the developmental milestones of the school-age child.

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Chapter 28

  1. Identify the developmental milestones of the school-age child.
  2. State the scope of the problem of obesity in school-age children. List the teaching guidelines for dealing with this problem.

Explain the difference between nightmares and night terrors. What can a parent of a child with night terrors do to help stop the situation from recurring?

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Chapter 27

  1. Explain why a nurse might engage in prayer rituals with a hospitalized child.
  2. Explain, from a language and comprehension perspective, why a divorcing couple should not discuss their relationship in front of their 3-year-old.
  3. Discuss normal psychosocial changes occurring in the preschool-age child.
  4. Explain the difference between nightmares and night terrors. What can a parent of a child with night terrors do to help stop the situation from recurring?
  5. Explain the disciplinary practice of time-out. How does it work?