Course: Nursing Care in Paediatrics

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Course title Nursing Care in Paediatrics
Course code KPZ/P5PDI
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Zemanová Marie, MUDr.
  • Rabová Renáta, Mgr.
  • Růžičková Petra, Mgr.
  • Prošek Milan, MUDr.
  • Zahornadský Andrej, MUDr.
Course content
Organization and current issues in paediatrics. Growth and development of the healthy child. Hospitalization of the child. Charter of the hospitalized child's rights. The child's nutrition (breastfeeding, vitamins). Pharmacology in the childhood age. Diseases of the digestive tract. Endocrine diseases and disorders of growth. Diseases of the blood, heart, and blood circulation. Diseases of the muscles, bones, and rheumatic diseases. Diseases of the respiratory tract. Diseases of the kidneys and urinary pathways. Diseases of the nervous system. Disorders of immunity and allergic diseases. Sudden conditions in paediatrics and first aid (accidents and poisoning). Preventive examination in the childhood age, vaccination. Artificial feeding of infants, preparation of food for infants, principles of feeding of children, milk kitchen. Organization of work in the department of paediatrics. The issue of hospitalization of children, nursing documentation, special features of nursing procedures in paediatrics, ensuring safety. Preoperative preparation and postoperative care of children, pain management. Play therapy. Nursing care of children with diseases of the respiratory tract, fever, and cramps. Nursing care of children with diarrhoea, constipation, encopretic regime. Nursing care of children with enuresis and with urinary tract and kidney infection. Nursing care of children with diabetes mellitus.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Monitoring, Skills training
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is to acquaint students with basic preventive treatment and care in paediatric medicine.
Students know the special features of care for the child and his or her individual needs in the different age groups, with an emphasis on the infant. Students know and are able to provide care to the child.
Prerequisites
unspecified
KOS/P2ANP and KOS/P2FYG

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

Successful attendance at lectures and exercises. Successful completion of a written test or an oral examination according to the course guarantor's decisionsessions.
Recommended literature
  • Bužgová, Radka. Dětská paliativní péče. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2019. ISBN 978-80-271-0584-7.
  • Derňárová, Ľubica. Potřeby dítěte s diabetes mellitus. Praha: Grada, 2021. ISBN 978-80-271-2076-5.
  • KLÍMA, J. Pediatrie pro nelékařské zdravotnické obory. Praha: Grada, 2016. ISBN 978-80-247-5014-9.
  • LEBL, J. Klinická pediatrie. 2. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2014.
  • MUNTAU, A. C. Pediatrie. 6. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2014.
  • NEUMANN, David, Ludmila BRÁZDOVÁ a Klára PICKOVÁ. Flexibilní léčba diabetes mellitus 1. typu: postupy pro MDI a CSI. Praha. 2017.
  • ONDRIOVÁ, Iveta, Zuzana HUDÁKOVÁ a Jana CINOVÁ. Kazuistiky z ošetřovatelství v pediatrii. Praha. 2023.
  • SLEZÁKOVÁ, L. A KOL. Ošetřovatelství v pediatrii. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2010.


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