Health Assessment of the Toddler, Preschool, and School- Age Child
Paper details:
Assessment of the Child: Functional Health Pattern Analysis Worksheet
In this assignment, you will be exploring actual and potential health problems in the childhood years using a
functional health assessment and Erickson’s Stages of Child Development. To complete this assignment. do
the following:
Using the textbook. complete the “Children’s Functional Health Pattern Assessment.” Follow the instructions
in the resource for completing the assignment.
Cite and reference any outside sources used in your answers. Include in your assessment a thorough
discussion of Erickson’s Stages of Child Development as it pertains to the development age of the child.
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment. solid academic writing is expected and in-
text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines. which can be found in
the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar
with the expectations for successful completion.
You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
Textbook
1. Physical Examination and Health Assessment
Jarvis, C. (2015). Physical examination and health assessment (7th ed.). St. Louis. MO: Saunders. ISBN-13:
9781455728107
Read Chapters 3-4, and the age-specific information in Chapters 8-28 in Physical Examination and Health
Assessment
Electronic Resource
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Additional Material
1. Assessment of Pediatric Clients
Study the “Assessment of Pediatric Clients” PowerPoint. which provides an overview of the steps for pediatric
assessment.
NRS-434VN-R-Pediatric-Assessment-Student.ppt
2. Functional Health Pattern Assessment
Review “Functional Health Pattern Assessment” for a more complete understanding of functional health
patterns assessments.
NRS-434VN-R-Functional-Health-Pattern-Assessment-Student.docx
4. Children’s Functional Health Pattern Assessment
Review the “Children’s Functional Health Pattern Assessment” resource.
NRS-434VN-R-Childrens-functional-health-pattern-assessment-Student.docx
