Need help with developmental stage nursing dx

Where should this baby be for a two month old baby? What developmental milestones shod the baby have net already? what is the assessment of the baby now?

A two month old should by now have reached

http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/milestones-2mo.htmlCheck the milestones your child has reached by the end of 2 months. Take this with you and talk with your child’s doctor at every visit about the milestones your child has reached and what to expect next.

[h=3]What most babies do at this age:[/h][h=3]Social and Emotional[/h]

• Begins to smile at people
  
• Can briefly calm himself (may bring hands to mouth and suck on hand)
  
• Tries to look at parent
  

[h=3]Language/Communication[/h]

• Coos, makes gurgling sounds
  
• Turns head toward sounds
  

[h=3]Cognitive (learning, thinking, problem-solving)[/h]

• Pays attention to faces
  
• Begins to follow things with eyes and recognize people at a distance
  
• Begins to act bored (cries, fussy) if activity doesn’t change
  

[h=3]Movement/Physical Development[/h]

• Can hold head up and begins to push up when lying on tummy
  
• Makes smoother movements with arms and legs
  

Have you had a chance to assess the patient yet? That's really where nursing diagnosis/care planning should start. Just as a general rule, you don't have an AEB on a risk-for diagnosis.

Well technically that is not true....they don't have a "related to"......How do I write a diagnostic statement for risk, actual and health promotion diagnoses? | NANDA International Knowledgebase

RISK DIAGNOSIS

For risk diagnoses, there are no related factors (etiological factors), since we are identifying a vulnerability in a patient for a potential problem; the problem is not yet present. Therefore we identify the risk factors that predispose the individual to a potential problem.

The correct statement for a NANDA-I nursing diagnosis would be: Risk for _____________ as evidenced by __________________________ (Risk Factors).

Risk Diagnosis Example: Risk for infection as evidenced by inadequate vaccination and immunosuppression (risk factors).

I took that right of the NANDA site.....How do I write a diagnostic statement for risk, actual and health promotion diagnoses? | NANDA International Knowledgebase

[COLOR=#8f2343]RISK DIAGNOSIS

For risk diagnoses, there are no related factors (etiological factors), since we are identifying a vulnerability in a patient for a potential problem; the problem is not yet present. Therefore we identify the risk factors that predispose the individual to a potential problem.

The correct statement for a NANDA-I nursing diagnosis would be: Risk for _____________ as evidenced by __________________________ (Risk Factors).

Risk Diagnosis Example: Risk for infection as evidenced by inadequate vaccination and immunosuppression (risk factors).

[COLOR=#8f2343]HEALTH PROMOTION DIAGNOSIS

Because health promotion diagnoses do not require a related factor, there is no “related to” in the writing of this diagnosis. Instead, the defining characteristic(s) are provided as evidence of the desire on the part of the patient to improve his/her current health state.

Health Promotion Diagnosis Example: Readiness for enhanced self-care as evidenced by expressed desire to enhance self-care.

I am so not NICU......I know they are "assessed" at their gestational age. When does that stop? I am curious....are they considered developmentally delayed when for a "3 month old" they should be doing this.....but for their gestational age they are fine.

When do they "catch up" so to speak.

For a care plan in school would you consider that they are behind their "chronological age" but near their gestational age as developmentally delayed?

Clearly some are permanently disabled and never "catch up".

I KNOW they are assessed at their gestational age.... but what would be considered "delayed" at this juncture. I mean if the baby isn't at gestational age yet.....not bottle feeding would be "normal" and breathing on their own advanced since they shouldn't be born yet.

I'm curious.

so they would be considered "behind" if they did not meet the adjusted milestone. Got it.