Atraumatic
Best way to provide optimal health care for children
What is an informed and educated family
Have the child point ________ inward and wiggle them.
What to have the child do with their toes for distraction?
Enhances parents' and caregivers confidence in their own skills
What is family centered care?
Most children are more apt to communicate if they are engaged in another
activity
As with adults, they learn best when their input is _____________ and they are actively involved in the the learning process
valued
Minimizing physical stressors during procedures.
What is a concept of atraumatic nursing care?
Ask the child to ___________ your hand.
Squeeze
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
Children use fewer or more words than adults?
fewer.
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
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?
Encourage the child to _________ aloud.
Count
____________ of families
What is empowerment
Children want to be
respected, listened to, and understood
Slow down and repeat ________________ often
information
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?
Point out the pictures on the ___________
ceiling
Anxiety is ________________
decreased
A goal of child and family education are to encourage
___________ with health care providers
communication
Speak in __________________ style using plain language; consider using metaphors to illustrate complex points
conversational
Goal directed, focused, purposeful communication
What is therapeutic communication
Have the child blow ____________
bubbles
During times of illness, hospitalization, or health-related interventions, the child and family can experience an extreme loss of ______________
control
______________ 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
"__________" information and teach in small bits
"Chunk"