The document outlines the desirable qualities of a child health nurse, which include being a good listener, having patience, a pleasant appearance, and the ability to understand children's behavior and communication. Additionally, a child health nurse should maintain good relationships, provide safety and security, be friendly, honest, gentle, diligent, and have emotional stability, adequate child care knowledge, and the capacity to alleviate trauma through atraumatic care.

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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