GENERAL PAEDIATRICS

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in Nursing
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2020/2021
Year: 
3
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2022/2023
Course type: 
Compulsory subjects, characteristic of the class
Seat of the course: 
Como - Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
Credits: 
1
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
15
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (15 hours)
Requirements: 

The student must have passed all the exams and qualifications required for the previous year.

Oral examination

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

At the end of the course, the student must be able to apply the nursing process for solving care problems in pediatrics using the technical - scientific knowledge acquired for specific clinical manifestations.

Pediatric age and related pathologies; stages of psycho-physical development; notes on care for normal newborns; SIDS, ALTE / BRUE; infant and infant feeding (breastfeeding, formula feeding, weaning); prevention in pediatrics: newborn screening, vaccinations; crying and pain in the newborn and subsequent pediatric age; the fever; acute and chronic vomiting and diarrhea; diabetes mellitus; Pediatric dyspnoea and cough; bronchial asthma, exanthematous and non-exanthematous infectious diseases; accidental pathologies / poisonings; the abused child.

Pediatric age and related pathologies; stages of psycho-physical development;
normal newborns;
SIDS, ALTE / BRUE;
infant feeding (breastfeeding, formula feeding, weaning);
prevention in pediatrics: newborn screening, vaccinations;
crying and pain in the newborn and subsequent pediatric age;
the fever;
acute and chronic vomiting and diarrhea;
diabetes mellitus;
dyspnoea and cough;
asthma,
infectious diseases;
accidental pathologies / poisonings; the abused child.

Frontal and distance teaching, use of Power point presentations and practical exercises on growth and bone age

PowerPoint presentations will be available to students.