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| Anticipatory Guidance | Provided by an expert or knowledgeable group to those with a particular interest, Examples, Parents of newborns anticipating likely upcoming concerns.—informing them about physical changes in their infant (e.g., teething) |
| Antidote | A drug that counteracts a poison. For acetaminophen its N-acetylcysteine, for an opiod its naloxone, for a bite it's antivenim |
| Birth defect | Any defect present in a baby at birth, irrespective of whether the defect is caused by a genetic factor or by prenatal events that are not genetic |
| Body surface area (BSA) | The total surface area of the human body. The body surface area is used in many measurements in medicine, including the calculation of drug dosages and the amount of fluids to be administered IV |
| Children's Charter: | The Prevention of Cruelty to, andNonprofit group United Way that supports children. Protection of Children Act of 1889 |
| Corrosive | A substance that will destroy and damage other substances with which it comes into contact. Important to know in case of poisoning. |
| en-face position | a position in which the mother's face and the infant's face are approximately 8 inches apart and on the same plane, as when the mother holds the infant up in front of her face or when she nurses the child |
| Failure to thrive (FTT) | Refers to a child whose physical growth is significantly less than that of peers |
| Family-centered care (FCC) | A partnership approach to health care decision-making between the family and health care provider. FCC is considered the standard of pediatric health care by many clinical practices, hospitals, and health care groups |
| Finger food | Food meant to be eaten directly using the hands. ie Cheerios |
| Fontanel (fontanelle) | A "soft spot" of the skull. The "soft spot" is soft precisely because the cartilage there has not yet hardened into bone between the skull bones. Anterior closes 14 months. Posterior closes 2 months. |
| Infanticide | The act of killing an infant or the practice of killing newborns |
| Morbidity | Illness, disease. Prevalence of specific illiness in population at particular time per 1000 |
| Mortality; infant | The death of an infant before his or her first birthday. |
| Pediatrics | The field of medicine that is concerned with the health of infants, children, and adolescents; their growth and development; and their opportunity to achieve full potential as adults |
| Positive reinforcement | A technique used to encourage a desirable behavior. It is often used in operant conditioning to increase the likelihood that behaviors will occur |
| Primary dentition | The set of 20 first (deciduous) teeth which are shed and replaced by permanent teeth. Usually all lost between ages 6-13 years. First tooth around 6 months. All deciduous teeth in by 3 years of age. |
| Extrusion reflex | Normal response in infants to force the tongue outward when it is touched or depressed. The reflex begins to disappearby about 3 to 4 months of age. Constant protrusion of a large tongue may be a sign of Down syndrome |
| Ritual | A sequence of activities involving gestures, words, and objects, performed in a sequestered place, and performed according to set sequence |
| Touch Theray | involves touching or manipulating portions of an individual's body to ease physical pain or to promote relaxation and a general sense of wellbeing. It has been shown to have numerous benefits for infants and kids |
| Vastus lateralis muscle | located on the anterior and lateral side of the thigh, this site is preferred for IM injections in children |
| Weaning | To take food other than by nursing (breastfeeding), it is the process of gradually introducing infants to feeding other than breastmilk. |
| World Health Organization (WHO) | The United Nations global public HEALTH arm. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends. |
| National school lunch program | A federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to children each school day. The program was established under the National School Lunch Act, signed by President Harry Truman in 1946 |
