Pediatric & Geriatric Patient Safety
The aim of the study of paediatrics is to reduce infant and child rate of deaths, control the spread of infectious disease, promote healthy lifestyles for a long disease-free life and help ease the problems of children and adolescents. General Paediatrics includes the basic treatments involved for the betterment of paediatric health. Paediatric nursing plays an important role in shaping the future of the children. Paediatric nursing is the systematical treatment of childhood which deals with the care of children from birth to adolescence in health care. Paediatric nurse duties may include: Conducting physicals check-ups, Child immunizations, Screening for disease, Diagnose illnesses, Prescribing medications, Normalize the life of the child in the family, school and community, Minimize the impact of the child's unique condition, Foster maximal growth and development, etc.
Geriatrics is a branch of science that focuses on health care of elderly people. It expects to advance wellbeing by averting and treating ailments and inabilities in more seasoned grown-ups. This branch for the most part manages the care of elderly people matured above 60 years. Elderly care attends not just to the physical but also the psychosocial and spiritual concerns of patients and their families, and extends into the bereavement period. Elderly care is the term used to describe the support and medical care given during the time surrounding death.