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Chapter 1
Perspectives of Pediatric Nursing
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Healthy People 2020 | provide a framework for identifying essential components for child health promotion programs designed to prevent future health problems among our nation's children |
| child health promotion | provides opportunities to reduce differences in current health status among members of different groups and ensure equal opportunities and resources to enable children to achieve their fullest health potential |
| new morbidity | also known as pediatric social illness: refers to behavior, social, and educational problems that children face; ie., poverty, violence, aggression, noncompliance, school failure, and adjustment to parental divorce can negatively impact development |
| obesity | a body mass index at or greater than the 95th percentile for youth of the same age and gender |
| unintentional injuries | head injuries, drowning, burns, and firearm accidents |
| infant mortality rate | the number of deaths during the first year of life per 1000 live births |
| neonatal mortality | <28 days if life |
| postneonatal mortality | 28 days- 11 months |
| autonomy | the pts right to be self-governing |
| nonmaleficence | the obligation to minimize or prevent harm |
| beneficence | the obligation to promote the pts well-being |
| justice | the concept of fairness |
| evidence based practice (EBP) | implies questioning why something is effective and whether a better approach exists |
| clinical reasoning | a cognitive process that uses formal and informal thinking to gather and analyze pt data, evaluate the significance of the info, and consider alternative actions |
| quality of care | refers to degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent w/ current professional knowledge |
| bicycle associated injuries occur more in who? | children ages 5 to 9 years |
| improper use of firearms occur more in who? | its the fourth leading cause of death from injury in children 5 to 14 years of age |
| unintentional poisoning occurs more in who? | ages younger than 5 years |
| motor vehicle injuries are the leading cause of death in who? | children older than 1 year |
| burns occur more in who | ages 1 to 14 years |
| mechanical suffocation occurs more in who | infants |
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