Unique cases written by pediatric residents with a faculty member. Resident Rounds Diagnostic Evaluation in Children With Developmental Delay: A Cautionary Tale for Genetic Testing Clinical Pediatrics 51(12) 1208–1210 © The Author(s) 2012 Reprints and permission: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0009922812460916 http://cpj.sagepub.com Meghana Desale‚ BA1‚ Lila T. Worden‚ BS1‚ Julie S. Cohen‚ ScM2‚ Anna Maria Wilms Floet‚ MD1‚2‚ and Alexander Holliday Hoon‚ Jr
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A major weakness of this project is that although an adult can control the pill organizer‚ parental supervision is necessary at all times with this product to ensure the doses are actually consumed. Children under the age of 10 should be supervised to ensure accuracy of each dose of medications. Parents who are hoping to purchase this product must have a smart phone because these pillboxes contain technology allowing for parents to give their child a specific dose of their medication via the use
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Pediatric Pulmonologist A paediatrician is a doctor who specialises in caring for infants‚ children and adolescents. They are experts in managing diseases that affect children however tend to sub specialize into various facets of paediatric medicine‚ surgery and psychiatry. Paediatricians must do an extra six years of training after completing their medical degree and further years if they wish to enter a subspecialty (Eg. cardiology or gastroenterology). Paediatricians can work in private practices
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Pediatric nurse - A pediatric nurse is a registered nurse who specializes in the care of infants‚ children and adolescents. These nurses must be licensed by the state after having completed a minimum of and associate degree in nursing. You also have to pass a national licensing exam. To become a pediatric nurse‚ you must first achieve certification as a registered nurse. You need to Earn a Bachelor of science in nursing. The benefits of being a pediatric nurse is that You get paid vacations and when
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Pediatric Palliative Care Ana M. Gehan Thomas Edison State College Pediatric Palliative Care In modern society‚ children are expected to outlive their parents. However‚ for children living with life threatening illnesses‚ palliative care is an approach to care that enhances quality of life for both the child and the grieving parents. In the article‚ “Pediatric Palliative Care: The Time is Now!” the authors stress how important it is to start and/or continue pediatric palliative
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Chapter 10: Health Promotion of the Infant and the Family Proportional changes (*See Table 10-1) Growth is very rapid in the initial 6 months Infants gain 150 to 210 grams weekly until approx. 5-6 mos.‚ when the birth weight has doubled Weight gain slows during the second 6 mos. By 1 yr of age‚ birth weight has tripled Infants who are breastfed beyond 4-6 mos. of age typically gain less weight than bottlefed infants Breastfed infants tend to self-regulate energy intake Height increases
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Pediatric Reflections Paper Prior to beginning the pediatric clinical rotation at the Bethany Children’s Center‚ I was very certain that I would not like it and nothing could change my mind. I felt like it would be too sad to see the children in their various conditions and read the stories of how they were placed in the children’s center. I also feared actually performing nursing skills on pediatric patients. I believed that it would be nearly impossible to catheterize a child; after all‚ we barely
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vision screening and had different charts depending on the age group. The younger children simply had to read T‚ V‚ O‚ H‚ etc for both eyes‚ one at a time‚ while the 5th grade students had a separate group of letters for each eye. There were no nursing skills per se for this experience. We used patience‚ care‚ and friendly attitudes towards the students. We made conversations with the students as an ice breaker prior to the task at hand such as complimenting them on their clothing or hair‚ etc.
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Personal Philosophy of Nursing Rachel Ann Driscoll Jacksonville University Before developing a personal philosophy of nursing‚ one must understand the definition of philosophy then a personal philosophy can be developed. “Philosophies of nursing are statements of beliefs about nursing and expressions of values in nursing that are used as bases for the thinking and acting. Most philosophies are built on a foundation of beliefs about people‚ environment‚ health and nursing” (Chitty and Black‚ 2010)
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Lead poisoning and its affects are preventable with the proper education and testing. Here‚ I will discuss two articles on the subject of pediatric lead poisoning‚ some aspects presented in each that could be positive and negative influences on a child ’s health and then offer some of my own opinions. The first article‚ A Review of a Preventable Poison: Pediatric Lead Poisoning‚ is a basic overview of the history‚ routes of exposure‚ pathophisiology‚ excretion‚ symptoms‚ diagnosis and treatment options
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