Course: Midwifery Care for Newborns

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Course title Midwifery Care for Newborns
Course code KPZ/P3NEO
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
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)
  • Poláčková Helena, Mgr.
  • Welge Eva, MSc BSc
  • Šenkeřík Marian, MUDr. Ph.D. MBA
Course content
Introduction - contemporary neonatology: organization and issues. The child's growth and development during infancy. Nutrition and breastfeeding. Classification of newborns and their issues. The normal newborn and his/her care. Early and late asphyxia syndrome. Congenital developmental defects. Icterus of the newborn. Infection of the foetus and the newborn. Acute events in neonatology and their treatment. Initial stabilization of the newborn, content of the newborn box, care of the child in an incubator. Measuring and weighing the newborn, working with the percentile graph, measuring physiological functions. Observation of the newborn's postpartal adaptation. The newborn's natural and artificial nutrition, breastfeeding techniques. Nutrition of the prematurely born infant, feeding techniques of the premature infant. Resuscitation of the newborn. The nursing process in the care of the newborn receiving oxygen therapy, distension therapy, and artificial pulmonary ventilation. The nursing process in the care of the newborn with jaundice. The nursing process in the care of the newborn with a congenital developmental defect. The issue of pain in the newborn.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities, Demonstration, Skills training, Work-related activities
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to provide students with an overview of complex care and related knowledge of newborn care.
Students will gain the necessary skills for the overall care of the physiological, risk and pathological newborn, including intensive care.
Prerequisites
unspecified
KOS/P2OPT

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Completion of compulsory attendance at the lectures and practicum sessions. Completion of a written test or oral examination according to the course guarantor's decision.
Recommended literature
  • CLOHERTY, J.P.; STARK, A.R. Manual of Neonatal Care. 9th ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer, 2022.
  • DORT, J.; DORTOVÁ, E.; JEHLIČKA, P. Neonatologie. 3. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2018.
  • FANAROFF, A.A.; MARTIN, R.J. Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. 12th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2025.
  • FENDRYCHOVÁ, J.; BOREK, I. Intenzivní péče o novorozence. 3. přeprac. vydání, Brno: NCO NZO, 2023.
  • FENDRYCHOVÁ, J. Základní ošetřovatelské postupy v péči o novorozence. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2011.
  • GOMELLA, T.L., CUNNINGHAM, M.D.; EYAL, F.G.; TUTTLE, D.J. Gomella´s Neonatology. 8th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2020.
  • JANOTA, J.; STRAŇÁK, Z. Neonatologie. 3. vyd., Praha: EEZY Publishing, 2023. ISBN 978-80-88506-07-2.
  • Kachlová, Miroslava. Ošetřovatelská péče v neonatologii. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2022. ISBN 978-80-271-3176-1.
  • MORAVCOVÁ, M.; POLÁČKOVÁ, H.; WELGE, E. Základy péče v porodní asistenci I.. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, Fakulta zdravotnických studií, Katedra porodní asistence a zdravot, 2022. ISBN 978-80-7560-424-8.
  • MUNTAU, A. C. Pediatrie. 6. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2014.
  • NEVORAL, J. Praktická pediatrická gastroenterologie, hematologie a výživa. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá Fronta, 2013.
  • SÁNCHEZ, P.J.; GREENOUGH, A.; POLIN, R.A. Neonatology Questions and Controversies: Infectious Disease, Immunology, and Pharmacology. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2023.
  • SWEET, D.G.; EL-KHUFFASH, A.F.; Polin, R.A. Neonatology Questions and Controversies: The Newborn Lung. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2024.
  • VOLPE, J. J. Avery´s Diseases of the Newborn. Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2023.


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