Nursing Practice II

Care of At-Risk Neonate, Infant, Toddler, Pre-school, School-age Sick Child, and Adolescent with Alterations in Health Status (Acute & Chronic)

1. Neonatal / Infancy Stage a. Neonatal Conditions - Prematurity, post maturity, Small for Gestational Age (SGA), Large for Gestational Age (LGA), Hyperbilirubinemia, meconium aspiration syndrome, fetal Alcohol syndrome, sepsis b. Congenital Anomalies - (Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD), Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), Clubfoot, Cleft Lip/Palate, Imperforate Anus, Hirschsprung Disease, Hydrocephalus) 2. Toddler - Poisoning, Cerebral Palsy, Child Abuse 3. Pre-school - (Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, Hemophilia, Wilms's Tumor, Asthma) 4. School-age - (Diabetes Mellitus 1, Rheumatic Fever, Dengue Fever/Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever) 4. Adolescent - Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) associated with higher cancer risk (Human Papillomavirus HPV), Anxiety and Depression