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Pediatric nursing
Pediatric nursing assistance, historical and legislative development
The nurse and pediatric nurse profiles and skills.

Ethical references and structural / functional characteristics in the pediatric field

The papers of the rights of children in hospital
Ethical dilemmas in child care and informed consent of the child
Child-friendly health organizations

The special features of care in pediatrics:
Development of the child and the main stages of growth, anthropometric measures and vital parameters of the newborn / child / adolescent
The shelter of the child in the different settings: reception, visits, security measures, discharge;
Outline on the psychological and social aspects of the child in the experiences of illness;
Family Centered Care.

The basic processes for pediatric care:
Nutrition and metabolism: nutrition and growth.
Elimination: control of urination and related problems, control of evacuations and stool characteristics (sphincter control, constipation, encopresis).
Activity and exercise: mobility and personal hygiene (daily care of the child, education to the mother on prevention and environmental safety, the risk of falls.

The child and the pain
Cultural and clinical aspects.
The measurement methods, the main mono and multi-dimensional scales
Non-pharmacological techniques

The healthy newborn / the pathological newborn:
Birth assistance
the peculiarities of the newborn, clinical evaluation, Apgar index;

Care to the healthy newborn from the first hours to discharge;
adaptation to extrauterine life;
detection of anthropometric parameters;
hygiene of the newborn and care of the umbilical stump;
identification of the newborn, the mother-child relationship;
execution of ophthalmic and anti-haemorrhagic prophylaxis and of neonatal screening;
control of body weight (physiological decline), control of diuresis and of the ilvo;
monitoring of at-risk infants: hypocalcaemia, hypoglycemia, thermoregulation (monitoring of vital signs);
hyperbilirubinemia and phototherapeutic treatment;
health education for new parents in preparation for discharge;
the prevention of SIDS;

Notes on the management of the pathological and premature infant
NICU
The care of the newborn

Pediatric emergencies
PBLSD
Airway obstruction

The adolescent patient: (self-learning)
Teenagers and illness
Eating / social behavior disorders
Addiction prevention (smoking, alcohol)

Drug therapy
Techniques and peculiarities in the pediatric field
Dose calculation
Use of the principals and management of clinical risk

The child with fever - presentation of a clinical case
Diagnostic assessment
Discussion of some targeted nursing diagnoses
risks