Paediatric NursingLaajuus (4 cr)

Objectives

The student
-knows how to support the growth and development of both healthy and sick children;
-knows how to support the families' needs and strengths and their growth to parenthood while bringing up children in healthy lifestyles;
- is able to recognize the risk factors related to parenthood, upbringing and healthy lifestyles
- is able, under the supervision, as a member of multidisciplinary team and in collaboration with the child and family, to assess the need for care, plan, implement and evaluate the paediatric care based on evidence-based nursing
-knows the most common paediatric diseases and the basics of paediatric medication management and IV fluid therapy

Content

growth, development and upbringing and daily care of healthy child
-supporting of parenthood, risk factors related to child and families’ wellbeing
-recognition of child abuse and early interventions
-children’s rights and principles of paediatric nursing
-impact of child’s disease on child and family
-interaction, communication, guidance and play with child/family in various situations of paediatric care
-paediatric and family nursing care and the most common paediatric diseases
-basics of nursing care for children with special needs
-the most common investigations and procedures of paediatric patients and patient education and guidance related to them
-basics of paediatric medication management and IV fluid therapy and the principles of paediatric patient’s pain management at different ages
-paediatric terminal care, death

Prerequisites

50 ects of first year studies completed, including pharmacotherapy and medical calculations