PRINCIPLES OF PAEDIATRIC NURSING
PRINCIPLES OF PAEDIATRIC NURSING INTRODUCTION pediatrics nursing deals with individuals who are going through a period of growth .in the case of adults ,his body will change little during the remainder of his life .whereas in the case of a child he has to accommodates to more than a 3fold increase in length and an approximate 20 fold increase in weight between birth and adolescence so also ,in his muscular and intellectual skills and his emotional controls progress from the rudimentary state of the complex highly integrated level of adults . The newborn undergoes various changes from helpless state of earliest infancy to adolescence where physical and emotional maturity occures.in order to provide expert care to children of different age group, the pediatric nurse must equip herself himself with the principles of child care 1Respect the child’s need regress and help him to accept dependence on other if he resists this. Child is like an adult .he is different from adult i...
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