CHAPTER 1 SEMESTER V - ROLE OF PEADIATRIC NURSE.pdf

Pediatric nurses play a vital role in the health and well-being of children. Their responsibilities are wide-ranging, and their objectives can be categorized into several key areas:

1. Direct Patient Care:

Objective: Provide comprehensive and compassionate care to infants, children, and adolescents in various healthcare settings (hospitals, clinics, etc.).
This includes tasks like:
Monitoring vital signs and physical condition.
Administering medications and treatments.
Performing procedures as directed by doctors.
Assisting with daily living activities (bathing, feeding).
Providing emotional support and pain management.
2. Health Promotion and Education:

Objective: Promote healthy behaviors and educate children, families, and communities about preventive healthcare.
This includes tasks like:
Administering vaccinations.
Providing education on nutrition, hygiene, and development.
Offering breastfeeding and childbirth support.
Counseling families on safety and injury prevention.
3. Collaboration and Advocacy:

Objective: Collaborate effectively with doctors, social workers, therapists, and other healthcare professionals to ensure coordinated care for children.
Objective: Advocate for the rights and best interests of their patients, especially when children cannot speak for themselves.
This includes tasks like:
Communicating effectively with healthcare teams.
Identifying and addressing potential risks to child welfare.
Educating families about their child's condition and treatment options.
4. Professional Development and Research:

Objective: Stay up-to-date on the latest advancements in pediatric healthcare through continuing education and research.
Objective: Contribute to improving the quality of care for children by participating in research initiatives.
This includes tasks like:
Attending workshops and conferences on pediatric nursing.
Participating in clinical trials related to child health.
Implementing evidence-based practices into their daily routines.
By fulfilling these objectives, pediatric nurses play a crucial role in ensuring the optimal health and well-being of children throughout all stages of their development.

1. CHILD HEALTH NURSING - I
ROLE OF PEDIATRIC NURSE
Mr. Sachin Sharma
Assistant Professor
Department of Child Health Nursing
SEMESTER -V UNIT-1

2. Introduction
•The nurse is one of the important
components of the health team
in caring for children.
•The pediatric nurse gives direct
bedside care to sick children,
guide families in their care for
their children during health and
illness, in hospitals and at homes.

3. WHAT IS ROLE OF
PEDIATRIC NURSE??

4. ROLE OF PEDIATRIC NURSE
•The role of the pediatric nurse is
both caring and curing.
•Caring is a continuous process in
both wellness and illness at refers
as helping guiding and counselling.
•Curing refers to the act of diagnosis
and management usually during
illness.

5. ROLE OF PEDIATRIC NURSE
Primary care giver
Health educator
Nurse Counselor
Social worker
Team Co-ordinator and collaborator
Manager
Child care advocate
Recreationist
Nurse Consultants
Researcher

6. Primary care giver
•Pediatric Nurse Should provide
Preventive, promotive, curative and
rehabilitative care in all levels of
health services, as therapeutic agent
care giver as needed by the today's
Society.
•In Hospital came of the sick children.
i-e-comfort feeding bathing Safety
etc..

7. Health educator
•Important role of the pediatric
Nurse is to deliver planned and
incidental health teaching and
information to the parents.
•To create awareness about
healthy lifestyle and
Maintenance of Health.

8. Nurse Counselor
•Problem Solving approach and
necessary guidance in health
Hazards of children.
•To Minimize or to solve the problem.
•To help the parents and family
members for independent decision
in Making in different situations

9. Social worker
•Pediatric nurse can do case work especially
For children and try to alleviate Social!
problem related to child Health.

10. Team Co-ordinator and collaborator
•The nurse interprets the object of health care
to the family and co-ordinates Nursing
Services with Other Services necessary for the
child Co-operations and good communication
among team members should be the nurse.

11. Manager
The pediatric nurse is the Manager of pediatric
care units in hospital Clinics and Community.

12. Child care advocate
•Child or family advocacy is basic aspect to
comprehensive family - centered advocate the
pediatric nurse assist the child to obtain best
care possible from the particular unit.

13. Recreationist
•This Supportive role of pediatric Nurse is
important for the child to adjust to the Crisis
imposed by illness hospitalization.

14. Nurse Consultants
•The Pediatric nurse can
act as consultant to
guide the parents and
family and promotion
of health and
prevention of childhood
illness.

15. Researcher
•Nursing research is an
integral part of professional
Nursing pediatric nurse
Should participate or
perform research projects
related to child health.

16. THANK YOU