David, Angel Micah M.

BSN 2Y2-4A

1. Create an outline of nursing interventions that support parents, siblings, and

family during a child’s illness and hospitalization. (300 words)

INTERVENTION

* Consider assessing a family's strengths

when planning nursing care for the family.

* Help families cope with stress and crisis

effectively by providing consistent
information.

* Be sure to listen and work toward

establishing a trusting relationship with
families.

* Acknowledge the family's individualized

spiritual perspective and implement nursing
interventions that promote their spiritual
needs.

* Help families understand that enjoyable

time together during an illness is important.

* Encourage families to be physically close

and celebrate occasions.

* Encourage individuals and families to

express appreciation and affection for
assistance during an illness.

2. List essential priorities of nursing care upon a child’s admission to the hospital and
to special units in the hospital.
New born that born premature they are usually at risk. There are some possibilities
of complications that is why they need a nursing care immediately.

All expectant parents hope that their babies will be healthy. Yet sometimes
problems arise that require a newborn to be hospitalized. When this happens, the
baby may be admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for treatment.

It’s very stressful when your infant is admitted to the NICU. The doctors, nurses,
and other caregivers in the unit will do their best to provide emotional support for
you while caring for your infant’s medical needs.

About the NICU

With equipment designed for infants and a hospital staff who have special training
in newborn care, the NICU is an intensive care unit created for sick newborns who
need specialized treatment.

Sometimes the NICU is also called:

a special care nursery

an intensive care nursery
newborn intensive care
Babies may be sent to the NICU if:

they’re born prematurely
difficulties occur during their deliveries
they show signs of a problem in the first few days of life
Only very young babies or babies with a condition linked to being born
prematurely are treated in the NICU they’re usually infants who haven’t gone
home from the hospital yet after being born. How long they’ll stay in the unit
depends on the severity of their illness.

Not all babies in the NICU have the same illness or condition, but some diagnoses
are common to newborns who need intensive care.