Health Promotion for Infants Quiz

Health Promotion and Maintenance

• Involves actions to reduce or eliminate exposure to risks that might increase the chances of disease, disability, or premature death

Components of Health Promotion and Maintenance of the Infant

• Routine checkups
• Immunizations
• Family teaching
• Education about accident prevention

Well-Baby Visits

• Occur at 2 weeks, and at 2, 4, 6, 9, and 12 months
• Collect data regarding:
  • Growth and development (weight, height, head circumference)
  • Nutrition and sleep
  • Caregiver–infant relationship
  • Potential problems
• Immunizations are given to guard against disease
• Family teaching is provided

Topics for Family Teaching Regarding Infant Care

• Bathing the infant
• Caring for the diaper area
• Dressing the infant
• Promoting sleep
• Dental care
• Accident prevention

Health Promotion and Maintenance for the Toddler

• Routine checkups
• Encourage checkups to protect the toddler's health and ensure continuing growth and development
• Family teaching
• Support positive parenting behaviors
• Reinforce the toddler's achievements
• Accident prevention
• Promote a stimulating environment that is safe from accidents and infection

Assessment Included in Routine Checkups for Toddlers

• Growth and development
• Oral hygiene
• Toilet training
• Daily health care
• Caregiver–toddler relationship
• Parenting skills

Topics for Teaching for the Caregivers of a Toddler

• Bathing
• Dressing
• Dental care
• Toilet training
• Sleep
• Accident prevention

Health Promotion and Maintenance for the Preschooler

• Booster vaccinations
• Annual health examination
• Monitors the child's growth and development
• Screens for health problems

Topics for Family Teaching

• Bathing
• Dental care
• Dressing
• Toileting
• Sleep needs
• Accident prevention
• Infection prevention

Topics of Teaching to Prevent Accidents in Preschoolers

• Seat belt use
• Wearing bicycle safety helmets
• Practicing street safety
• Stranger danger
• Fire drills
• Swimming safety

Topics of Teaching to Prevent Infections in Preschoolers

• Covering mouth when coughing or sneezing
• Disposing of tissues properly
• Correctly wiping after bowel movements
• Good handwashing
• Not sharing cups, utensils, food, or toothbrushes

Health Promotion and Maintenance for the School-Age Child

• Routine health care
• Health education including:
  • Health habits
  • Safety
  • Sex education
  • Substance abuse

Routine Checkups for the School-Age Child

• Physical examination every year
• Visit to the dentist at least twice a year
• Booster of tetanus–diphtheria vaccine every 10 years throughout life
• Examination for signs of scoliosis
• Vision and hearing screening performed annually or biannually

Topics for Health Teaching for the School-Age Child

• Basic hygiene
• Sexual functioning
• Substance abuse
• Accident prevention

Topics of Sex Education for School-Age Children

• Sexuality
• Reproduction
• Positive attitudes regarding sexuality

Topics for Teaching Safety in the School-Age Child

• Understanding the function of traffic lights
• Knowing full name, caregivers' names, and home address and telephone number
• Calling for emergency help in the community
• Meeting police officers and understanding that an officer's duty is to help children

Routine Checkups for the Adolescent

• Immunizations are completed
• Height, weight, and blood pressure are measured and recorded
• Vision and hearing screenings are done
• Adolescents to the age of 16 years are screened for scoliosis

Routine Checkups for the Adolescent (cont.)

• Thyroid enlargement is checked through age 14 years
• Sexually active girls have a pelvic examination, screening for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and a Pap test
• Urinalysis is performed on all female adolescents

Health Education Topics for the Adolescent

• Sexuality
• Sexual responsibility
• STDs
• Contraception
• Substance abuse
• Mental health issues and concerns

Mental Health Issues of the Adolescent

• Depression
• Suicide
• Conduct disorders
• Academic and social pressures
• Family stress

Family-Centered Care

• Recognizes the family as the constant in a child's life
• Systems and personal develop partnerships that support, respect, encourage, and enhance the family's strengths and competence

Family-Centered Care - Key Elements

• Incorporating into policy and practice the recognition that the family is the constant in a child's life, while the service systems and support personnel within those systems fluctuate
• Facilitating family/professional collaboration at all levels of hospital, home, and community care
• Exchanging complete and unbiased information between families and professionals in a supportive manner at all times
• Incorporating into policy and practice the recognition and honoring of cultural diversity, strengths, and individuality within and across all families

Role of the Nursing Assistant

• Admission
• Empathy makes the admission procedure positive to all
• Supporting the child and family within scope of practice
• Quickly recognizing the development of complications so that interventions can be initiated immediately
• Teaching the child and family skills needed to care for themselves or their children within scope of practice
• Listening to the child's feelings and encouraging questions
• Be available for questions or if question is beyond scope of practice direct parent/child to appropriate source for information
• Vital signs
• Hygiene care – mouthcare, bathing, toileting
• Feeding
• Documentation and Reporting