Atraumatic
Distraction Methods
Family Centered Care
Communication
Teaching/Educating
100

Best way to provide optimal health care for children 

What is an informed and educated family

100

Have the child point ________ inward and wiggle them.

What to have the child do with their toes for distraction?

100

Enhances parents' and caregivers confidence in their own skills

What is family centered care?

100

Most children are more apt to communicate if they are engaged in another

activity

100

As with adults, they learn best when their input is _____________ and they are actively involved in the the learning process 

valued

200

Minimizing physical stressors during procedures. 

What is a concept of atraumatic nursing care?

200

Ask the child to ___________ your hand.

Squeeze

200

Provision of honest, unbiased information in an affirming and useful approach; convey information in formats consistent with successful learning.  

What is a principle of family centered care

200

Children use fewer or more words than adults?

fewer.

200

Because they have vivid imaginations, young children often attempt to

a.  invent pieces of information

b.  pick up bits and pieces of misinformation that can lead to false assumptions

c.  both a and b

c

300

Defined as therapeutic care that minimizes or eliminates the psychological and physical distress experienced by children and their families in the health care system.

What is Atraumatic Care?

300

Encourage the child to _________ aloud.

Count

300

____________  of families 

What is empowerment

300

Children want to be

respected, listened to, and understood

300

Slow down and repeat ________________ often

information

400

A type of play that provides an emotional outlet or improves the child's ability to cope with the stress of illness and hospitalization.

What is therapeutic play?

400

Point out the pictures on the ___________

ceiling

400

Anxiety is ________________

decreased

400

A goal of child and family education are to encourage

___________ with health care providers

communication

400

Speak in __________________ style using plain language; consider using metaphors to illustrate complex points 

conversational

500

Goal directed, focused, purposeful communication 

What is therapeutic communication

500

Have the child blow ____________

bubbles

500

During times of illness, hospitalization, or health-related interventions, the child and family can experience an extreme loss of ______________

control

500

______________ communication is the foundation of the therapeutic relationship and leads to increased knowledge and health care behaviors on the part of the child and family

Effective

500

"__________" information and teach in small bits

"Chunk"

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