10 Questions
What is the main focus of nursing diagnosis in relation to parents?
Helping parents adjust to the new needs of the child
Which nursing diagnosis involves a child's impulsiveness as a risk factor?
Risk for injury related to impulsiveness of the toddler
What is an example of an interrupted family process nursing diagnosis?
Interrupted family process related to need for close supervision of a 2-year old
Which aspect is crucial during the assessment phase of nursing care?
Establishing realistic goals with parents
What is the primary emphasis during the implementation phase of nursing care?
Helping parents learn healthier coping techniques
What should be the approach towards toddler behaviors according to the text?
Expecting too much and growing frustrated
Which nursing diagnosis involves imbalanced nutrition due to food choices?
'Risk for imbalanced nutrition' more than body requirements related to fast food choices
What is emphasized during health visits for parents according to the text?
'Effective communication skills between parents and child'
Why is 'Risk for injury related to impulsiveness of the toddler' considered a nursing diagnosis?
'Risk for injury' can result from a toddler's impulsiveness
'Disturbed sleep pattern' nursing diagnosis is mainly associated with what issue?
'Not having a bedtime routine'
Study Notes
Approaching Toddler Care
- A toddler can be thought of as a visitor from a foreign land, wanting to participate in everything the family does, but lacking knowledge of customs and language.
Importance of Evaluation
- Evaluate expected outcomes frequently during the toddler period, as children change rapidly and learn new skills daily, leading to changes in abilities and parental concerns.
- Examples of expected outcomes include:
- Maintaining a consistent bedtime routine within 2 weeks
- Childproofing the home by putting locks on kitchen cupboards by the next clinic visit
- Modifying usual activities to conserve strength for caregiving by 1 week's time
Parenting Strategies
- Suggest talking to infants more and spending additional time reading or reciting nursery rhymes to them.
- Teach new parents how to care for their infant and keep them safe.
Key Terms in Toddler Development
- Assimilation: ☑️ integration of new information into existing knowledge
- Centration: focusing on one aspect of a situation at a time
- Deferred imitation: remembering an action and imitating it later
- Discipline: setting rules and boundaries for children
- Egocentrism: inability to see a situation from another person's point of view
- Lordosis: forward curve of the spine at the sacral area seen in toddlers
- Parallel play: playing beside other children, not with them
- Punishment: consequence of breaking a rule
- Separation anxiety: fear and nervousness when away from a loved one
- Sibling rivalry: jealousy towards a new baby entering the family
- Symbolic: using one thing to represent another
Nursing Diagnosis and Implementation
- Evaluate expected outcomes at each visit to detect changes in parents' understanding of caring for their infant.
- Examples of nursing diagnoses include:
- Health-seeking behaviors related to normal toddler development
- Deficient knowledge related to toilet training
- Risk for injury related to impulsiveness
- Interrupted family process related to need for close supervision
- Readiness for enhanced family coping related to adjusting to new needs
- Risk for imbalanced nutrition related to fast food choices
- Disturbed sleep pattern related to lack of bedtime routine
Test your knowledge on principles of child growth and development. Learn how to approach current problems and find solutions for future situations. Evaluate your understanding of caregiving in the context of the family.
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