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Case Study Module 6
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For the following Case Study assignment, please read all of the information provided, and then type out
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Ques 5 / 5 pts tion 1
You are currently working as a nurse in a physician’s office. Tonya and her
family are the first patients for the day.
Tonya has brought her three children in for a checkup. Mike is six years
old and is in elementary school, Dana is three, and Trey is nine months.
You complete an anthropometric and clinical assessment on each child.
1. a. Explain what each of these would include: (2 points)
Anthropometrics for Mike and Dana?
Anthropometrics for Trey?
b. Clinical (2 points)
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Your Answer:
c. To determine if each child is growing appropriately, name one
tool that you can use to compare the child with standard growth. (1
point)
A ) the anthropometrics for mike and dana would be height and weight
for trey it would be head circumference, length, body mass index
B) for clinical this includes checking the eyes, skin, teeth, coordination,
blood pressure and a physical review looking for any abnormalities
C) BMI table for children, infant and child growth tables
a. Anthropometric
Height and Weight for Dana and Mike
Trey- weight, length and head circumference
b. Clinical
(checking eyes, skin, hair, teeth, gait, coordination, a physical
review looking for any abnormal concerns, blood pressure)
c. To determine if each child is growing appropriately, name one
tool that you can use to compare the child with standard growth.
(Infant and child growth tables, BMI table for children)
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Your Answer:
After assessing the children, they all appear to be growing well, and you
see no concerns. However, as you review your findings with Tonya, she
has some questions. Her husband recently lost his job, and money is
tight. Tonya is thinking about switching Trey to cow’s milk rather than
formula to save money. She is also concerned because Dana is not
eating as well as she had previously. After obtaining further information
you feel that Dana is experiencing some common eating issues
experienced by preschoolers.
Discuss the following with Tonya.
2. It is important to continue to give Trey formula rather than cow’s
milk until he reaches one year of age. Discuss 3 reasons.
the protein in cows milk is too hard on the baby's GI track and its hard for
them to digest it
formula has all of the vitamins that a baby needs
formula contains iron
2. Any of the following are acceptable answers:
a. Formula meets the specific carbohydrate and protein
needs of the infant
b. it contains the right amount and type of fat to promote
growth and brain development
c. has all the vitamins that an infant requires
d. the protein in cow’s milk is too difficult for the infants GI
tract to digest
e. it contains iron
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Your Answer:
After assessing the children, they all appear to be growing well, and you
see no concerns. However, as you review your findings with Tonya, she
has some questions. Her husband recently lost his job, and money is
tight. Tonya is thinking about switching Trey to cow’s milk rather than
formula to save money. She is also concerned because Dana is not
eating as well as she had previously. After obtaining further information
you feel that Dana is experiencing some common eating issues
experienced by preschoolers.
Discuss the following with Tonya.
3. Review some common eating/feeding issues that preschoolers
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