The pediatric nurse's role as health consultant to a child care center.
An experienced pediatric nurse can perform a valuable service by becoming a health consultant to a child care center. Consultation and collaboration with child care providers and parents can foster health and safety for the steadily increasing number of young children being cared for in this type of community setting. The nurse with a strong pediatric background possesses the expert knowledge and skills needed to promote health and prevent illness and injury in this population. To exemplify the typical tasks encountered by a child care health consultant, a case is described in which a daycare director contracts the services of a nurse consultant to address problems with infection control procedures and illness transmission at a particular center. The consultant organizes the approach to this assignment by using a nursing consultation model as an action guide to achieve a positive outcome for the consultee.
Evers
Deborah B
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Charity School of Nursing, Delgado Community College, New Orleans, LA, USA. devers@dcc.edu
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