GROWTH CHART ANALYSIS

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GROWTH CHART ANALYSIS
As a pediatric nurse practitioner, it is essential that you analyze the growth chart and explain the findings to parents so that you can provide guidance in the form of a healthcare plan.
LEARNING RESOURCES
Required Readings
• Hagan, J. F., Shaw, J. S., & Duncan, P. M. (Eds.). (2017). Bright futures: Guidelines for health supervision of infants, children and adolescents (4th ed.)Links to an external site.. American Academy of Pediatrics.
o “Promoting Physical Activity” (pp. 193–204)
• Maaks, D. L. G., Starr, N. B., Brady, M. A., Gaylord, N. M., Driessnack, M., & Duderstadt, K. G. (2019). Burns’ pediatric primary care (7th ed.). Elsevier.
o Chapter 19, “Physical Activity and Sports for Children and Adolescents” (pp. 243–276)
o Chapter 20, “Sleep” (pp. 281–292)
• Baiden, P., Tadeo, S. K., & Peters, K. E. (2019). The association between excessive screen-time behaviors and insufficient sleep among adolescents: Findings from the 2017 youth risk behavior surveillance systemLinks to an external site.. Psychiatry Research, 281. 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2019.112586Links to an external site.
• Bourchtein, E., Langberg, J. M., & Eadeh, H.-M. (2020). A review of pediatric nonpharmacological sleep interventions: Effects on sleep, secondary outcomes, and populations with co-occurring mental health conditionsLinks to an external site.. Behavior Therapy, 51(1), 27–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2019.04.006
• Brashears, K. A., & Erdlitz, K. (2020). Screening and support for infant safe sleep: A quality improvement projectLinks to an external site.. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 34(6), 591–600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2020.07.002
• Scheers, N. J., Dayton, C., Batcher, M., & Thach, B. T. (2019). Reports of injury risks and reasons for choice of sleep environments for infants and toddlersLinks to an external site.. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 23(12), 1613–1620. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-019-02803-7
• Wilhelm, M. J. (2019, September). Nightmares and night terrors.Links to an external site. Tidewater Family Plus. https://www.tidewaterfamily.com/health/nightmares-and-night-terrors
• Wilhelm, M. J. (2018, December). Unplug your kids.Links to an external site. Tidewater Family Plus. https://www.tidewaterfamily.com/health/unplug-your-kids
• Wilhelm, M. J. (2017, August). A healthy night’s sleep. Links to an external site.Tidewater Family Plus. https://www.tidewaterfamily.com/health/a-healthy-nights-sleep
Note: Your understanding of some of this week’s readings and achievement of relevant objectives will be measured via Knowledge Check #3 in Week 9.
Required Media
• Physical Activity and Sleep
In this video, Dr. Melanie Wilhelm discusses the importance of physical activity and sleep. (16 min)

Optional Readings
• Wilhelm, M. J. (2018). Raising today’s baby (2nd ed.). Raising Today’s Child, LLC.
o Chapter 3, “Sleep…or the Lack Thereof”

TO PREPARE:
• Review this week’s readings and resources.
• Review the Growth Charts provided in Learning Resources
THE ASSIGNMENT: SLIDE PRESENTATION
CASE STUDY
SLIDE 1: Presentation of the Case study: A 7-year-old male patient comes into your office for a well exam. The child is 47.5 inches tall and weighs 65 lbs. Short Introduction on the importance of analyzing the growth chart and explaining the findings to parents to provide guidance in the form of a healthcare plan.
SLIDE 2: As the pediatric nurse practitioner, explain the child’s growth chart to the parent.
SLIDE 3: Use the appropriate growth chart to explain the child’s height-for-age and weight-for-age percentiles
SLIDE 4: As well as his BMI, including his percentile.
SLIDE 5: Determine the diagnosis and explain to the parent whether the child is underweight, normal weight, overweight, or obese.
SLIDE 6: Share a treatment plan and suggestions for future steps for the parent.
SLIDE 7: Conclusion
Title and Reference (make sure citations are correctly listed) on separate slides, and all are in APA format.
Follow the rubric (It is uploaded).

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