NURS 464 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Scoliosis, Eye Contact, Percentile
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Pediatric healthcare home- a partnership between child"s caregivers and healthcare providers. We want child primary care to maintain health and wellness. This allows child"s health records to all be in one place. http://www. medicalhomeinfo. org/ Bright futures provides concepts needed to be covered in well child visits. Components of health supervision/well-child visit: general observations: start observations as soon as greet family in waiting room. Is the family clean: growth & development surveillance- clues that lead on to more screening/assessing. Milestones such as language development, motor development, height, weight, bmi. Helps with early identification of issues: nutrition evaluation: contributes to health and overall wellness. Unintended injury is #1 cod in u. s. children aged 1-19. Schedule of well child visits: at birth, babies have to be seen by physician, if breastfed baby, seen 3-5 days after discharge. If formula, 1 week after discharge: 1 months, 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 month, 15 months, 18 months, 24 months, 30 months.
