This document discusses pediatric nursing and vital statistics related to child health. It begins by defining pediatric as the branch of science dealing with the care of children from conception through adolescence. The roles of the pediatric nurse are then outlined as both caring for and curing children, through activities like providing nursing care, health education, counseling, and serving as an advocate. Key vital statistics for measuring child health are introduced, such as birth rate, mortality rates for perinatal, neonatal, postnatal, infant, and children under five years old. Formulas for calculating some of these mortality rates are also provided.

1. PEDIATRIC NURSING
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Rahul Dhaker ,lecturer, Pal college of Nursing

2. CONCEPT
OF
CHILD HEALTH
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3. The
term pediatric is derived from the
Greek words-
Pedia
child
iatrike
treatment
ics
branch of
science
Pediatric means the science of child care and scientific
treatment of childhood disease. Pediatric is synonymous
with child health
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4. DEFINITION
 “pediatric
can be defined as the branch of
medical science that deals with the care of
childhood from conception to adolescent in
health and illness. It concern with prevention,
promotion, curative and rehabilitative care of
children.”
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5. TRENDS IN PEDIATRIC NURSING
 The
current trends in the practice are based on
research that have taken place n the field of
pediatric nursing. The common trends are as
following: Family centred care
 High technology care
 Evidence –based practice
 Atraumatic care
 Cost containment
 Prevention and health promotion
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6. ROLE OF THE PEDIATRIC NURSE
 The
role of pediatric nurse is both caring and curing. Caring
is a continuous process in both wellness and illness. It refers a
helping, guiding and counseling. Curing refers to the act of
diagnosis and management, usually during illness.
 Pediatric
nurse have the responsibilities of providing nursing
care in hospital, home, clinical, school and community where
children and their parents have health and counseling needs.
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7. CONT… ROLE OF THE PEDIATRIC NURSE
 Primary
caregiver
 Health
educator
 Nurse-
counselor
 Social
 Team
•Manager
•Child care advocate
•Recreationist
worker
coordinator
and collaborator
•Nurse consultant
•Nurse researcher
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8. INTRODUCTION
OF
VITAL STATISTICS
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9.  Statistics
is a science of collection of numerical
facts and drawing conclusion from such data.
 Vital
Statistics are statistics relating to vital
events of life name births, death, marriage and
sickness that occurring in community.
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10. DEFINITION
vital
statistics is the numerical
description birth, death, abortion,
marriage, divorce, adoption, and
judicial separation.
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11. IMPORTANT VITAL STATISTICAL RATES
 Birth
rate
 Specific
death rate
 Perinatal
mortality rate
 Neonatal
mortality rate
 Postnatal
mortality rate
 Infant
mortality rate
 Under
five mortality rate
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12. PERINATAL MORTALITY RATE
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13. NEONATAL MORTALITY RATE
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Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates
dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000
live births in a given year.
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Neonatal mortality rate =
Number of neonatal deaths
----------------------------------------------- X 1000
Total number of live births
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14. POSTNATAL MORTALITY RATE
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15. INFANT MORTALITY RATE
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16. UNDER FIVE MORTALITY RATE
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