Final child life in a healthcare setting

These flashcards cover key terms and concepts related to child life services, pediatric care, and ethical practices.

APIE what does it stand for?

Assessment, Plan, Intervention, Evaluation - a framework for documenting patient care.

Why is documentation important?

Allows everyone across the board to understand a situation, if its not recorded it didn’t happed

What type of info should be included in documentation

as much as possible. The most important and relevant information

How does charting do?

Improves patient care, visibility, respect, and ensures appropriate care by law

How should documentation be written?

In 3rd person (child life specialist did)

What should be included when documenting interventions?

What you did, what worked, and an explanation, role and suggestions for family members and staff

Why is documentation important for child life specialists?

It validates and justifies child life services. Justifies child life postition in child life setting

Child life in the emergency room: Where should the child life speicalist stand in the emergency room?

Stand right next to the child, but not in the way or at the side of the thier head. There to help the child but not in the way and commincate

what child life specialist does in er settings

normalize the experience, make them feel they are noticed, recongize intense need for info and be the commiuncation to family

What should child life speicalist avoid doing in the emergency room setting

Want to avoid matching parents or patients stress

What are some of the challenges of the emergency room for children

might overgeneralize