A child with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) – nursing care

Rozensztrauch Anna, Świątoniowska Natalia, Tomaszewska Kinga, Kołtuniuk Aleksandra. A child with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) – nursing care. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(7):67-77. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1278942

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Received: 10.05.2018. Revised: .02.06.2018. Accepted: 05.06.2018.

A child with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) – nursing care

Anna Rozensztrauch¹, Natalia Świątoniowska², Kinga Tomaszewska³, Aleksandra Kołtuniuk⁴

¹Department of Peadiatric, Division of Neonatology, Faculty of Health Science, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland MS, PhD, e-mail: anna.rozensztrauch@umed.wroc.pl, ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1727-3235

² Peadiatric Nursing Student Association, Faculty of Health Science, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland MS (student),  e-mail: natalia.swiat@o2.pl, ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4211-9205

³ Peadiatric Nursing Student Association, Faculty of Health Science, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland, BS (student), e-mail: tomaszewska.kinga1@gmail.com, ORCID ID:  0000-0002-6184-742X

⁴Department of Nervous System Diseases, Faculty of Health Science, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland, MS, PhD, e-mail: aleksandra.koltuniuk@umed.wroc.pl, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4377-5987

Abstract

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is the group of conditions observed in children who happened to be exposed to the effects of alcohol in their prenatal development. Some very characteristic symptoms, belonging to three groups, such as: craniofacial abnormalities, physical development deficiency and the central nervous system damage, can be distinguished in people with FAS. It also significantly affects the person’s behaviour. The main objective of the research is to present the problems that a girl suffering from a fetal alcohol syndrome has to struggle with. The work has been prepared on the basis of the available literature analysis as well as of the nursing process. A method of an individual case study has been applied. The nursing care of a child with FAS should definitely involve routine caring activities, however with particular attention paid to their psychological aspect. The child suffering from  FAS must be treated in a very individual way, basically due to his/her cognitive disorder. A nurse should strictly follow 8 precisely fixed principles.

Key words: FAS, nursing care