Section: 4.22 - Nursing Care of Child with Special Health Care Needs | Pediatric Nursing Part 2 | NextGenU.org

  • Student Learning Outcomes:
    Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:
    • Define the term - children with special health care needs.
    • Identify examples of children with special health care needs.
    • Discuss the challenges children with special health care needs face and their families.
    • Define pediatric palliative care.
    • Discuss the goals of pediatric palliative care. 
    • Discuss service delivery systems for children with special healthcare needs.
    • Discuss nurses’ role in providing care to children with special health care needs and their families.
    Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 2 hours and 56 minutes.

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    • Required Learning Resources and Activities
    • Read the section ‘CYSHCN: Who are they?’ and ‘CYSHCN: How many are there?’. (2 minutes)

      Genetic Alliance, Family Voices

    • Read article from the beginning to section ‘Our Approach to CYSHCN’. (2 minutes)

      HRSA Mother and Child Health

    • Read the article. (2 minutes)

      New York State

    • Read the entire article. (6 minutes)

      UNICEF, South Asia

    • Read the entire article. (6 minutes)

      UNICEF Serbia

    • Read the section ‘Results’. (27 minutes)

      BMC Health Services Research

    • Open the link for Children with special health care needs face challenges accessing information, support, and services. Then read the sections ‘Special needs of CYSHCN’ and ‘Addressing access to services for CYSHCN and their families’. (7 minutes)

      Child Trends

    • Read the entire article. (9 minutes)

      WHO

    • Read the entire article. (8 minutes)

      The State of Tennessee

    • Read the entire article. (5 minutes)

      Texas Health and Human Service

    • Read the entire article. (3 minutes)

      Texas Health and Human Service

    • Read the section ‘Discussion’. (4 minutes)

      Journal for Specialist in Pediatric Nursing

    • Read the section ‘What is Early Intervention?’. (1 minute)
      The University of Rhode Island
    • Read the section ‘Introduction’ to the section ‘Early intervention for children with developmental disabilities’. (14 minutes)

      International Health

    • Read the entire article. (4 minutes)

      Northern Ireland government website

    • Read the entire article. (4 minutes)

      Northern Ireland government website

    • Read the entire section on ‘Introduction to palliative care for children’. (11 minutes)

      Bettercare Learning Programmes

    • Read the sections ‘Referrals’ and ‘Benefits’. (1 minute)

      Chelan-Douglas Health District

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