DALY -Nursing Psychologist and Social Scientist

Nursing science - Second year Nursing Subject: Child health nursing Chapter 1: Introduction  Contents: a) Modern concept in child health care b) Trends in pediatric nursing c) Role of pediatric nurses in child care d) Emerging challenges, nursing process related to pediatric nursing e) Concept of preventive pediatric f) Vital statistics related to pediatrics as per the NRHS and Gol ✴️✴️ Topic 1. Modern concept in child health care 1. INTRODUCTION TO PEDIATRICS The health of children has historically been of vital importance to all societies because children are the basic resources of the future of mankind. In any country, mothers and children constitute approximately 60% of the population. In India, woman of child bearing age (15-44 years) constitute 19% of the population and children under 15 years of age constitute about 59% of the total population. By virtue of their large number as well as because of being vulnerable to diseases, mothers and children are the major consumers of ...

Subject: CHILD HEALTH NURSING Unit: Introduction Topic: VITAL STATISTICS RELATED TO PEDIATRICS AS PER THE NRHS AND GOL ▪️Definition:- Vital statistics are conventionally numerical records of marriage births, sickness, and death by which the health and growth of community may be studied. Or It is a branch of biometry that deals with data and law of human mortality, morbidity,& demography. ▪️Purpose:- 1) Community Health: To describe the level of community health, to diagnose community illness & to discover solutions to health problems. 2) Administrative purpose: It provides clues for administrative action to create administrative standards of health activities. 3) Health programmed organization: To determine success or failure of specific health programmed or undertake overall evaluation of public health work. 4) Legislation purpose: To promote health legislation at local, state,& national level. 5) Government Purpose: To develope, policies, procedure at state and ...

PREVENTIVE PAEDIATRICS CHILD HEALTH DEPENDS UPON PREVENTIVE CARE. Majority of the child health problems are preventable. ▪️Preventive pediatrics is a specialized area of child health comprises efforts to avert rather than cure disease and disabilities. ▪️ Preventive pediatrics is defined as the prevention of disease and promotion of physical, mental and social wellbeing of children with the aim of attaining a positive health. ▪️Pediatrics is largely preventive in its objectives. ▪️It has been broadly divided into: 1. Antenatal preventive pediatrics 2. Postnatal preventive pediatrics 3. Social pediatrics 1. Antenatal preventive pediatrics: It includes care of antenatal mothers with • Adequate nutrition • Prevention of communicable diseases • Preparation for delivery and breast feeding • Mother craft training 2. Postnatal preventive pediatrics: • Promotion of breast feeding • Introduction of complementary • Feeding in appropriate age • Immunization • Prevention of acc...

Medical Knowledge - Part 11 41. Number of heart champers: 4 The human heart has four chambers.  The upper two chambers are called atria (singular: atrium), and the lower two chambers are called ventricles.  The right atrium and the left atrium are separated by a thin wall called the interatrial septum, while the right ventricle and the left ventricle are separated by a thick muscular wall called the interventricular septum.  The heart's four chambers work together to pump oxygenated blood from the lungs to the body and deoxygenated blood from the body to the lungs for oxygenation. 42. The function of the stomach? The stomach receives food from the esophagus.  As food reaches the end of the esophagus, it enters the stomach through a muscular valve called the lower esophageal sphincter.  The stomach secretes acid and enzymes that digest food. Ridges of muscle tissue called rugae line the stomach.  The stomach muscles contract periodically, churnin...