School Age Child

School Age Child

1. ATI - FURTHER TEACHING to parents

   • We allow her to pick out a treat at the grocery store for good behavior
   • Appropriate approach to Nutrition
     • Allowing child to prepare her snack in the kitchen
       • Increase protein snacks when playing sports
         • Eating a large breakfast in the morning

2. THERAPEUTIC PLAY: one-on-one activity between the nurse & the child

   • ATI: "4yr old child," "crying" throughout the night & experiencing night terrors despite parent's at bedside. Engaging in "therapeutic play" may provide the following benefits?
     • A" "Allows the child to MANIPULATE play medical equipment"
       • R: A major function of play in play therapy is making potentially "UNMANAGEABLE SITUATIONS MANAGEABLE" through representation, which provides children with opportunities to "LEARN TO COPE". A preschooler does not have the language development to express his fear of the unfamiliar medical equipment used in hospital. The nurse encourages the child to touch the equipment "TO DECREASE THE CHILD'S FEAR & INTIMIDATION IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT" using AGE-APPROPRIATE vocabulary. The use of TOYS ENABLES CHILDREN TO TRANSFER ANXIETIES, FEARS, FANTASIES, AND GUILT TO OBJECTS rather than people.
   • Focus on the question not the content.

3. NURSING CARE: EPISTAXIS