Nurs 6541 Discussion: Child and Family Assessments

When caring for pediatric patients, you do not just assess and treat the patient but rather the entire family unit. This often poses challenges for advanced practice nurses because of the dynamics of the various types of family units (i.e., two traditional parents, a single parent, same-sex parents, divorced parents, stepparents, adoptive families, foster families, military families, grandparents as the primary caregiver, etc.). Care strategies that might work for a two-parent family, for instance, might not work for a single-parent family or a foster family. Additionally, family units also present with differences in backgrounds, cultures, and religions. All of these factors have the potential to impact the care of patients and their families, making it essential for you to tailor your assessments and care plans to meet the individual needs of families.

Note:Throughout this course, the term parent will be used to represent a pediatric patient’s caregiver, which may include a parent, stepparent, foster parent, guardian, and so on.

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Discussion: Child and Family Assessments

To prepare for Nurs 6541 Discussion: Child and Family Assessments.:

Review this week’s media presentation, as well as
“Child and Family Health Assessment,”
“Cultural Perspectives for Pediatric Primary Care,” and
“Developmental Management in Pediatric Primary Care” in the Burns et al. text.
Consider how a provider’s personal definition of family and family roles might impact the assessment of a child and the child’s family. Nurs 6541 Discussion: Child and Family Assessments.
Reflect on how the culture of the provider and/or the patient may further influence the assessment.
Think about three strategies that a provider can use to assist families with making health-related decisions for children at different stages of growth and development.
Consider how these strategies might change when assessing patients at different stages of growth and development and with different family backgrounds.

By Day 3

Post an explanation of how a provider’s personal definition of family and family roles might impact the assessment of a child and his or her family.
Then, explain how culture (both the culture of the provider and that of the child and his or her family) may further influence the assessment.
Finally, explain at least three strategies that the provider can use to assist families with making health-related decisions for children at different stages of growth and development.
Also, explain how these strategies might change when assessing patients at different stages of growth and development and with different family backgrounds.
Read a selection of your colleagues’ responses. Nurs 6541 Discussion: Child and Family Assessments.

By Day 6

Respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days who suggested different strategies than you did.
Based on your personal and/or professional experiences, expand on your colleagues’ postings by providing additional insights or different perspectives.
Note: For this Discussion, you are required to complete your initial post before you will be able to view and respond to your colleagues’ postings.
Begin by clicking on the “Post to Discussion Question” link and then select “Create Thread” to complete your initial post.
Remember, once you click on Submit, you cannot delete or edit your own posts, and you cannot post anonymously. Please check your post carefully before clicking on Submit! Nurs 6541 Discussion: Child and Family Assessments.

Quiz: Week 1

This Quiz covers the content you have explored throughout the week. The Quiz may include the following topics:

Growth and development
Wellness recommendations for nutrition, sleep, injury prevention, and immunizations
By Day 7
You have 30 minutes to complete the Quiz. You may only attempt this Quiz once.
This quiz is a test of your knowledge in preparation for your certification exam.
No outside resources including books, notes, websites, or any other type of resource are to be used to complete this quiz.
You are expected to comply with Walden University’s Code of Conduct.

Assignment: Practicum – Journal Entry

As a future advanced practice nurse, it is important that you are able to connect your didactic experience to your Practicum experience. By applying the concepts, you study in the classroom to clinical settings, you better prepare yourself for your future professional career. Each week, you complete an assignment that prompts you to reflect on your Practicum experiences and relate them to the material presented in the classroom. Nurs 6541 Discussion: Child and Family Assessments.

To prepare for this course’s Practicum experience, address the following in your Practicum journal:

Explain what most excites and/or concerns you about pediatric clinical experiences.
Include a description of your strengths and weaknesses in terms of working with children and how these strengths and weaknesses might impact your Practicum experience.
Select and explain a nursing theory to guide your practice with pediatric patients.
Based on your strengths, weaknesses, and theory of nursing practice, develop goals and objectives for the Practicum experience in this course.
Be sure to consider the NAPNAP Position Statement on Age Parameters for Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Practice from this week’s Learning Resources.
Create a timeline of Practicum activities based on your Practicum requirements.

By day 7 of Week 4

This Assignment is due.
You will submit this Week 1 Journal Entry along with the Week 2 and Week 4 Journal Entries, and the Week 3 SOAP Note.

Time Logs

You are required to keep a log of the time you spend related to your practicum experience and enter every patient you see each day.
You can access your time log from the Welcome Page in your Meditrek account.
You will track time individually for each patient you work with.
Please make sure to continuously input your hours throughout the term.
Logs are reviewed by your instructors in weeks 3, 7 and 11. Nurs 6541 Discussion: Child and Family Assessments.

Week in Review

This week you examined the multiple challenges associated with pediatric care assessments and the various care strategies that should be tailored to meet the needs of diverse family units.
Next week you will examine growth development in infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, identify developmental red flags and specific assessment and management tools used for this age group.

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Looking Ahead Week 1

So that you have key information available to you off-line, it is highly recommended that you print this Looking Ahead for your reference.

Week 3

In Week 3, you connect your classroom experience to your Practicum experience as you complete your first SOAP Note.
Review the Week 3 Learning Resources for guidance on writing SOAP Notes and contact the Instructor with any questions.
You submit the Week 3 SOAP Note and your Practicum Time Log in Week 4.

Week 4

In Week 4, you develop a protocol for the diagnosis, management, and follow-up care for a growth and development or psychosocial issue.
Prior to beginning this Assignment, the course Instructor must approve the issue you select. E-mail the course Instructor with your selection by Day 7 of Week 2.
Review the Week 4 Assignment section for additional guidance.
Contact the course Instructor with any questions.

Week 7

In Week 7, you complete your second SOAP Note.
Be sure to review the Instructor’s feedback on your first SOAP Note submission to improve the quality of your second submission.
Also, you develop a protocol for the diagnosis, management, and follow-up care for a disorder that is common among pediatric patients.
Prior to beginning this Assignment, the course Instructor must approve the disorder you select.
E-mail the course Instructor with your selection by Day 7 of Week 5. Review the Week 7 Assignment 1 section for additional guidance.
Contact the course Instructor with any questions.

Week 10

In Week 10, you complete your final SOAP Note.
Be sure to review the Instructor’s feedback on your first two SOAP Note submissions to improve the quality of your final submission.
You submit the Week 10 SOAP Note and your Practicum Time Log in Week 10.

Note: Throughout this course, the term parent will be used to represent a pediatric patient’s caregiver, which may include a parent, stepparent, foster parent, guardian, and so on. Nurs 6541 Discussion: Child and Family Assessments.