PRESENTATION ON CURRENT
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF
PEDIATRIC NURSING
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INTRODUCTION
The term pediatric derived from Greek word ‘pedia’ means child,
‘latric’ means treatment and ‘ics’ means branch of science
Paediatric nursing is the specialized area of the nursing practice
concerning the care of children during wellness and illness,
which includes preventive, promotive, curative and rehabilitative
care of children
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The New born undergoes various changes from helpless state of
earlist infancy to adolescence where physical and emotional
maturity occurs. In order to provide expert care to children of
different age groups, the pediatric nurse must equip herself
/himself with the fundamental principles of the children
“Pediatrics is the speciality of medical science concerned with
physical, mental and social health of children from birth to young
adulthood”
DEFINITION
Pediatrics can be defined as ‘the branch of medical science that deals with the
care of the children, from conception to adolescence in health and illness
- According to Padmaja
Paediatric nursing is the specialized area of nursing practice concerning
the care of children during wellness and illness it includes preventive,
promotive, curative and Rehabilitative care of children
-According to Panchali pal
DEFINITION
Pediatric nursing is the practice of nursing involved in the health care of
children from infancy through adolescence”.
-According to Terrikyle & Susan
CURRENT PRINCIPLES IN PEDIATIC NURSING
Respect the child’s need to regress and help him/her accept
dependence on others if he/she resists this
Have to awareness of the child’s need for help in requiring the
negative counter part of the core problem in the stage of
development to which child has regressed
Have to awareness of the child’s need for help in requiring the
negative counter part of the core problem in the stage of
development to which child has regressed
Awareness of the feelings of others
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Children can tolerate discomfort
To child, play is not time out from daily living rather an essential
part of it
Build a working relationship with the parents and their children from
the time of first contact .
Should be aware that all behaviors should be meaningful.
Should accept parents and their children exactly as they are.
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Allow them to know that their problems are important, and the nurse is there to aid
in their [Link] an empathy for parents and children.
Willing to acknowledge the parents right to their own decisions concerning
their accident.
Allows the parents and the children to express their emotions, even negative
emotions
Ask questions limited to a single idea or reference
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Speak a language understandable to the parent and children
Must help the parents to feel that there is unity among the health
team.
CURRENT PRACTICES IN PEDIATRIC NURSING
Introduction:
Care of child rearing families is a major focus of nursing practice. To have healthy
children, it is important to promote the health of the family from the tie before
children are born until they reach adulthood, as children grow the family needs
continued health supervision and support
As children reach maturity, a new cycle beings and new support becomes necessary
the nurse role in all these phases focuses on promoting health and in illness
Goals and philosophies of child health nursing
The primary goals of child health nursing care can be stated simply
as the promotion and maintained of optimal family health to ensure
cycle of optimal child rearing. The goals of child health nursing care
are necessary broad because the scope of practice is so broad .the
range of practice include
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Care of children during the perinatal period
Care of children from infancy through adolescence.
Care in setting as varied as ambulatory clinics,pediatric intensive care
units and the home.
In all setting and types of care, keeping the family at the center of care
delivery is an essential goal. Child health nursing is always family
centered. Which means the family is considered the primary unit of care.
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Attention to the full range of human experiences and responses to
health and illness without restriction to a problem- focused
orientation
Integration of objective data with knowledge gained from an
understanding of the patient or group’s subjective experience.
Provision of a caring relationship that facilitates health and healing.
Standards of child health nursing practice:
The importance of society places on caring can be measured by the
concern it places on its most vulnerable members or its elderly,
disadvantages and young citizen. comprehensive paediatric nursing
care focuses on helping children and their families and communities
achieve their optimum health potentials.
The paediatric nurse systematically evaluates the quality
and effectiveness of paediatric nursing practice
Standards of professional performance
Standard1; quality of care
The paediatric nurse evaluates the quality of effectiveness of paediatric nursing practice.
Standard 2; performance appraisal
The paediatric nurse evaluates his or her own nursing practice in relation to professional
practice standards and relevant status and regulations.
Standard3; education
The paediatric nurse acquires and maintained current knowledge in pediatric nursing practice.
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Standared4; collegiality
The paediatric nurse contributes to the professional development of
peers, colleagues and others.
Standerd5; ethics
The paediatric nurses decision and actions on behalf of children and
their families are determined in an ethical manner.
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Standard 6; collaboration
The paediatric nurse collaborates with the child ,family, and health care provider in providing client
care.
Standared7; research
The paediatric nurse uses research finding in paediatric.
Standard 8; resource utilization.
The paediatric nurse considers factors related to safety, effectiveness and cost in planning and
delivery care.
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