and Answers All Correct
What is the difference between childhood morbidity and mortality? - Answer-Mortality =
number of childhood deaths per 100,000
Morbidity = the prevalence of a specific illness in a population in a specific time
What is the leading cause of childhood mortality? - Answer-Uninentional injuries
(trauma)
What are some factors associated with childhood injuries? - Answer-- single parenthood
- low maternal education
- young maternal age
- poor housing
- large family size
- poor family supports
- parental substance abuse
What are some factors associated with childhood morbidity? - Answer--
poverty/homelessness
- low birth weight
- chronic health disorders
- barriers to adequate care
What are some challenges in pediatric nursing? - Answer-- ethical challenges (family
beliefs, values, religion)
- limited resources in the unit/hospital
- protective parents (don't trust nurses to go close to child)
- anxious parents
- emotional challenges/impacts of having child patient
- long hours
- non-verbal patients
- challenges of obtaining consent at times
- variability between different development stages (be aware of stages and VS
differences between ages)
- medication being weight based
- mental health population growing
- child being unable to communicate about their situation
- more susceptible and vulnerable to abuse
- children with chronic conditions
- children with birth defects
, - how to engage with the children (have to be creative)
- anxious families
- substance abuse
- children of culturally diverse communities who are less likely to receive needed health
care
- moral distress
Infant milestones - Answer-- Communicate needs nonverbally such as crying and
caregiver's can help to identify the type of cries
- Between ages 6 and 8 months, fear of strangers and stranger anxiety may begin
- Behaviors such as clinging to the parent, crying, and turning away from the stranger
are common
- 3mths: Can follow objects to periphery (180°), Can locate sound by turning head to
side and looking in same direction
- 6mths: Stranger anxiety, Looks for dropped or hidden objects
- 9mths: Can uncover toy, "Peek-a-boo"
- 12 mths: Imitates gestures and sounds, Uses objects functionally, Searches for object
where it was last seen
Milestones by age 3 - Answer-- Can say 150-200 words that are 75% intelligible to
strangers
- Can state their full name and age
- Can name most body parts
- Says "we" and some plurals (cars, dogs, cats)
- Asks lots of questions "Why?"
- Use social words like "please", "thank you" and "hello"
- Carry on conversation using 2 to 3 sentences
- Tells stories and sings songs
- Understands simple time concepts
- Can identify shapes
- Can compare 2 items
Milestones by age 5 - Answer-- Can name: coins, days of the week, months
- Phonemic awareness
- Imitates using real props (sweep with broom)
- Symbolic play with doll/teddy ("gives teddy a drink")
Milestones by age 9 - Answer-- Can name: Coins, days of the week, months
- Phonemic awareness
- Imitates using real props (sweep with broom)
- Symbolic play with doll/teddy ("gives teddy a drink")
What is the main cause of illness, hospitalization, and deterioration in pediatrics? -
Answer-Respiratory disorders
What are the 5 stages of growth? - Answer-1. Infant: Birth - 1 year