Effective Communication In Children

Overall my communication went quite well. I introduced myself and my helper who was going to be in the room with me during the visit. I found that what the reason for the visit was sick symptoms that sounded somewhat like an ear infection. I listened quite well to the mother as she went on and on about her family and I didn’t interrupt her. I followed along with what she was saying and filled in the ill visit worksheet. What I found difficult with the communication was trying to get the information of what I needed when the mother would not stop talking. Her lack of pausing in her talking made it difficult to ask questions or find out the information about her baby. I gave an SBAR to the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner which wasn’t too difficult. My gerontology clinical instructor made us practice SBAR all the time which made this experience much easier. Obtaining the temperature on the infant was not difficult at all. But, the weight caused a bit of an issue …show more content…
This is where I noticed that this child is developmentally behind physically. The child was unable to sit supported. I discussed the idea of tummy time with the mother and how she could make this occur more in their daily schedule and keep the child safe at the same time. According to the mother, most of what the child should be able to do such as stand while holding furniture, crawling, beginning the crude pincer grasp was not occurring for this child. I was able to provide a very good SBAR in my opinion. It was very well thought out and provided all the information that was needed for the provider to go and do the rest of the appointment with the child. I also was able explain how the immunizations will help and what they prevent which allowed the mother to be much more comfortable with the shots that her child will