Child Health and Pediatric Nursing
Enfermagem de Saúde Infantil e Pediátrica
Course code:9500312
Fernanda Manuela Loureiro
Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:
Objective:
- To equip students for the acquisition and development of competences for the provision of nursing care to the child / youth and family.
Skills:
- Knows the path of the child and the young person in the dimensions: growth, development, emotional and social maturation.
- Detects health problems by adjusting Nursing interventions.
- Describes food needs in child development.
- Describes the etiology, pathophysiology, symptomatology, therapeutics and prognosis of the most frequent affections in the child and the young person.
- Understands the specificity of nursing care in neonatology and emergency situations.
- Contextualizes the philosophy of pediatric care.
- Understands the influences of social, cultural and religious factors in the promotion of child and young health.
- Explains the implications of the disease, treatments and hospitalizations in the health and development of the child and young person.
- Knows the national network of health care for the child / youth and family.
- Contributes, in the exercise of its learning in the area of management, research, and training, for the improvement and evolution of nursing care delivery.
Syllabus:
- PEDIATRIC NOURSING
Care partnership model.
Growth and development.
Nutrition.
Accident prevention.
Promoting health strategies (kangoroo care, humor, therapeutic communication and play). - SPECIFICS IN PEDIATRIC
Pain.
Vaccination plan.
Mistreatment and sexual abuse.
Impact of chronic illness.
Surgery preparation.
Breaking bad news and death. - NEONATOLOGY
Anamnesis.
Physical examination.
Patent ductus arteriosus and necrotizing enterocolitis. - FREQUENT AFFECTIONS IN CHILDREN / ADOLESCENTS
Gastrointestinal.
Hematologic.
Endocrine and metabolic.
Neurological.
Cardiovascular.
Respiratory.
Urinary.
Genital.
Rash. - URGENCY, EMERGENCIES AND RESUSCITATION
Suggested Bibliography:
- Anjos R (2004) Formulário de Pediatria. 3rd ed. Lisboa, Esteve.
- Behrman R, Kliegman R & Jenson H (2012) Nelson Tratado de Pediatria. 19th ed. Rio de Janeiro, Elsevier.
- Hockenberry M (2011) Wong Fundamentos de Enfermagem Pediátrica. 8th ed. Rio de Janeiro, Elsevier.
- Palminha J (2003) Orientação e diagnóstico em Pediatria (Vol. 1 e 2), Lisboa, Lidel.
- Tamez R & Silva M (2009) Enfermagem na UTI Neonatal: assistência ao recém-nascido de alto risco. 4th ed. Rio de Janeiro, Nova Guanabara.