Define as the branch of medicine that deals with the child's dvelopment and care and the diseases of children and their treatment.
Pediatrics
Recognizes the strength and the integrity of the family as the core of planning and implementing healthcare.
Family-Centered
The philosophy, goals, culture, and the ethnic practices of the family contribute to their ability to accept and maintain control over the healthcare of their family members.
Empowerment
Nurses role is to enter into a ____ with thefamily to achieve the goals of health for its members.
Partnership
Pediatric nurse plyas the role of a child ____.
Advocate
____ intercedes or pleads on behalf of another.
Advocate
____ may be required for the child's physical and emotional health & may include other family members.
Advocacy
The total number of cases in a particulr population at a particular point in time
Prevalence
The number of new cases in a particular population during a particular time interval.
Incidence
Irrespective of cause (caused by accident)
Disability
The stage of being being subject to death.
Mortality
The relative incidence of a particular disease.
Morbidity
The number of deaths during the first year or life per 1000 live births.