Ateneo - UPO

Neonatal and pediatric nursing care.

- Allow the student component to learn the care peculiarities characterizing the nursing activity aimed at the subject in developmental age; - Promote the connection and use of what has been learned in other disciplines to adopt and adapt care planning for the girl, boy and family.

Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request specific services and tools via the Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse e agli Studenti, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/services-students-physical-or-learning-disabilities

Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted the University Staff, can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination modalities, concerning academic aspects.

- INTRODUCTION: Family Centered Care Model; Maternal - Infantile Network (organizational aspects)
- NEWBORN CARE: care procedure on the neonatal island; neonatoal prophylaxis; umbilical stump care. Neonatal jaundice, phototherapy.
- PREVENTION: newborn screening, heel puncture
- PAIN: pain in the newborn, pain scales in the newborn, containment techniques (neonatal care); Pain relief techniques, pain scales in pediatrics.
- PEDIATRIC FIRST AID: pediatric triage; head trauma; intoxication and poisoning; burns; CNS abnormalities (febrile seizures); Assistance to the girl and boy affected by the main pathologies of pediatric interest: respiratory pathologies (laryngitis, bronchiollitis), gastrointestinal pathologies (acute gastroenteritis)
- PHARMACOLOGICAL THERAPY IN PEDIATRIC AGE: routes of administration, dosage calculatin. Clinical deterioration rating scale Prima-P

At the end of the course the student component must know: - principles of neonatal nursing care - the main urgencies-emergencies in pediatrics - collaborate within the multidisciplinary team