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Use your own words. Please use your text book “maternal child nursing care 6th edition”. Think about the challenges for the patient and the family. Think about how to connect with a child who could be confused and frightened. Think about how you might be perceived to the child and family. Answer in order and number your answers.

1. List 4 communicable diseases preventable by vaccine. List 4 communicable diseases not prevented by vaccine.

2. What would you say to a parent who feels their child needs an antibiotic when most likely it is a viral infection?

3. What would you tell a parent who has an otherwise healthy child how to treat a fever of 100 degrees?

4. A mother of a ten week old baby boy, who is otherwise healthy come in for his month visit. He is exclusively breast fed says that she wants to start feeding him rice milk so that he'll sleep longer. How would you consult this mother?

Answer 1

​​​​​​Answer- 1- four communicable disease prevented by vaccine-

(i) Measles - prevented by measles vaccine

(ii)poliomylitis- prevented by oral polio vaccine

(iii) hepatitis B - prevented by hepatitis B vaccine

  (iv) diptheria- prevented by diptheria vaccine

Four communicable disease not prevented by vaccine-

(i) dengue fever

(ii) Malaria

  (iv) chikungunya

Answer 2- we will explain to the child's parents that bacterial infec tion treated by antibiotic and your child has viral infection so it is treated by antiviral therapy.

Amswer 3- i) advice the mother for sponging .

ii)advice the parent to give plenty of fluids to prevent the child from dehydration.

iii)advice the parent to give antipyrtic to reduce the fever as prescribed by health care provider.

iv)advice the parent dress your child in lightweight clothing and cover a child with blanket or light bedsheet.

v) advice the parent if child have diarrhoea or vomiting then consult to doctor.

  ​​​​​​vi) don't force the child for eating.

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