Nur 712 Week 1 Quantitative Research

When infants and toddlers require to be hospitalized in the PICU and must endure procedures that may question the pain level, physiological status and recovery of such child, the question of how to involve or encourage the promotion of healing must be considered as an important factor of the patient. A study of using a method referred to as touch and talk to test the hypothesis of mental status and recovery to invasive procedures performed in the pediatric intensive care unit has concluded where the results may benefit the pediatric population. Many parents who have children currently or may experience in the future may find the study to be helpful when providing parental emotional

Optimizing the thermal environment has proven significant for improving the chances of survival for small infants. Understanding the basic physiologic principles and current methodology of thermoregulation is important in the clinical care of these tiny infants.

Infant’s temperature is very important. After birth the nurse takes an infant’s temperature frequently to make sure it maintains accurately. When parents bring their infants home it needs to stay the same. In “Home Temperature for a New Baby” Dr.Iannelli states “that most experts recommend that you keep your home at a 'comfortable' temperature of between 68 to 72 degrees Fahrenheit” (Iannelli, 2007,

     The authors (Chiu, Anderson, & Burkhammer, 2005) of the article present all the essential components of the research study. There will be a decrease in temperature in the newborn if having difficulties breastfeeding while having skin-to-skin contact with the mother. That was the inferred hypothesis. The method used to gather the information was a pretest-test-posttest study design and the sample consisted of 48 full-term infants. The key findings showed most infants reached and maintained temperatures between 36.5 and 37.6 degrees Celsius, the thermo neutral range, with only rare exceptions.

Taking temperature is an integral part of patient care. It is one of the four vital signs and therefore is an essential piece of information to obtain  so that an effective diagnosis can be made, for this reason the safety and accuracy of the measurement should be a high priority. Temperature is also considered an essential in hospital observation policy and Early Warning Score (EWS).  A normal temperature ranges from 36.5oC to 37.2oC, however, normal body temperatures may vary due to many factors such as physical activity, room temperature and eating (Fuzy, 2003). The areas used for effective temperature measurement are as followed; mouth, rectum, armpit and ear, each require a different thermometer and method (choose well, nd.). Safely using a thermometer is not just about using the appropriate method but also about preventing the spread of

2. I could take his temperature via tympanic membrane, temporal thermometer, or with an oral thermometer since he hasn’t eaten or drank in the past thirty minutes.

The research design of this study is a descriptive prevalence study. The purpose of descriptive studies is to observe, describe, and document aspects of a situation as it naturally occurs. In

Digital multi-use thermometer. This type can read the temperature of the body in the mouth (orally), in the rectum (rectally), or under the arm (axillary).

In today’s ever changing world is important to understand the statistics behind obesity. Today the number of children that are overweight continues to increase. “The percentage of overweight children in the United States is alarming, with one out of three now considered either overweight or obese” Nemours (2012). The weight of our children can be a reflection of the parents. The Body Mass Index is important for parents to understand and assist children in monitoring weight and exercise habits. In today’s education of health, the BMI calculator is taught so that children can understand where they fall in categorical measurements.

The oral route is convenient however, inaccurate results can occur if the client consumed hot or cold foods or fluid or smoked before the measurement. The nurse should wait at least 30 minutes before obtaining the oral temperature.

A wide range of different levels and body adiposity of moderate to vigorous physical activity in children with the range from twenty-seven to two hundred thirty-one and having multiple frequencies of bioelectrical impedance analysis. The body mass index in children and the fat mass percentage is an operating characteristic that curves each count per minute and the physical activity have shown that the children did not meet the required body mass with resulted an increase in obesity and overweight children and with the risk of having a mass excess of

Hypothermia occurs when an infant's core body temperature drops below 97.5 degrees. When an infant experience cold stress conditions through being exposed to moist atmospheric conditions, then enters into an environment where they are unable to regain lost body heat, hypothermia sets in. Premature and low-birth weight babies are greater risk of hypothermia. However, in general all newborns are susceptible to hypothermia, as they do not have to ability to maintain proper body temperature. Here are some example of hypothermia in an infant:

Thermal biological effects on a fetus generally pertain to the heat output from the equipment.

• Your child who is younger than 3 months has a temperature of 100°F (38°C) or higher.

The proper yet least invasive route to perform the measurement of a core temperature in children has been an ongoing debate. Common methods or routes include axillary or in the armpit area, oral, rectal, tympanic, and temporal. Proper temperature measurement with an accurate result is important for diagnosis and treatment, especially in febrile children. False positive measurements can lead to extensive and unnecessary diagnostic testing while false negatives can lead to under treatment in a fragile population, which is why the