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D L Bantz

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Teaching families to evaluate age-appropriate toys.

Nurses should stress to parents that they need not purchase the most frequently advertised or expensive toy to promote their child's growth and development skills. As parents develop an understanding of normal growth and development and how to evaluate and stimulate their child's development through the use of toys, they will be able to select and create appropriate toys that will not frustrate or overstimulate the child. This approach will enable all parents, regardless of income, education, and resourcefulness, to promote and stimulate their child's gross and fine motor skills, social development, and cognitive development through the use of toys.

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Management of children with swallowing disorders.

Early diagnosis and treatment of feeding and swallowing problems may improve a child's health status and quality of life and reduce health care costs. Pediatric nurse practitioners have a salient role in the early diagnosis of children at risk for feeding and swallowing problems. Increased knowledge about the normal swallowing process, children at risk for feeding and swallowing disorders, and associated symptoms enhances early diagnosis and treatment. The child's general health history and physical evaluation, along with additional diagnostic tests, provide the basis for the formulation of an individualized feeding program by an interdisciplinary team. Pediatric nurse practitioners, through their knowledge about dysphagia and participation on a interdisciplinary team, can provide support for family members and assist them in adapting to and caring for a child with a swallowing impairment.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
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Perspectives of nursing executives regarding ethical-economic issues.

The authors grapple with the very real issue of how to allocate scarce health care resources while trying to hold down costs, especially in the face of changing federal and managed care reimbursement realities. Nurse executives (NEs) were surveyed in an attempt to discover their perspectives on a number of related ethical-economic issues. The NEs' responses to the entire "ethical-economic" survey were contrasted with answers offered to the same tool earlier by staff RNs. Among the questions raised was the impact of cost controls on staffing patterns. Not surprisingly, the staff nurses reported perceiving that budget cuts had a greater negative impact on staff positions and the quality of patient care than the nurse executives reported. Both groups were in favor of taxpayers covering a greater part of the cost of medically indigent care. When asked if they would be willing to pay higher taxes themselves, slightly less than half of the nurse executives answered in the affirmative while only 17% of the staff nurses indicated a similar willingness.

Adult↗