Essential qualities that a nurse caring for a child must possess

1. Unit 1 - Concepts of child care
Qualities of a Child Health Nurse
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Anju George
Associate Professor
SGCON

2. Introduction
• A pediatric nurse should have all the desirable and
preferable qualities of a professional nurse.
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• She should:
– Be a good listener.
– Be a loving person and have liking for the children.
– Have patience, pleasant appearance, and ability to
understand the child’s behavior.
– Have ability to understand verbal and nonverbal
communication.

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• She should :
– Be able to maintain good interpersonal relations and to
provide safety and security to children.
– Be friendly, honest, gentle, diligent and humorous.
– Have good observation , judgment and communication
ability based on scientific knowledge and experience .

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• She should:
– Be well informed, skillful, responsible, truthful and trustworthy.
– Have emotional stability.
– Have adequate knowledge in child care.
– Be able to interpret the developmental needs of the children of different age
group.
– Have the capacity to alleviate the traumatic experience of hospitalization by
using atraumatic care.

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