Course: Specialized Nursing in Paediatrics

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Course title Specialized Nursing in Paediatrics
Course code KOS/P8PED
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
Course content
The child care system and play therapy (theoretical knowledge). Special characteristics of the child's respiratory tract (physiology and pathophysiology), inhalation therapy. Illnesses of the connective tissue (physiology and pathophysiology). Congenital developmental defects of the gastrointestinal tract. The child's growth (physiology and pathophysiology). Nephrological illnesses in child age with a focus on congenital developmental defects and their early diagnostics. Ultrasound and X-ray examination in paediatrics. Life-threatening conditions in paediatrics. Endocrinological examination in child age. Early asphyxia syndrome and resuscitation of the newborn. Issues in premature newborns. Neurological illnesses in child age.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to expand knowledge in the field of paediatrics. Paediatric medicine issues are complemented by information on economic and organizational questions of the service, and on activities of specialized workplaces (Child Centre in Veska).
The student has knowledge of physiology and pathophysiology of the child's organism as a whole as well as of its parts. Furthermore, he/she knows the psychological approach to sick children and their parents. Moreover, he/she has knowledge of organizational and economic issues.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Student performance assessment

Completion of compulsory 80% attendance at the practicum sessions and seminars. Successful completion of an oral examination.
Recommended literature
  • HORANSKÝ V. a kol. Diagnostické a terapeutické výkony v detskom veku. Martin, Osveta 1981 s. 436.
  • HRODEK, O., VAVŘINEC, J. Pediatrie.
  • KLÍMA J. a kol. Pediatrie pro střední zdravotnické školy. Praha: EUROLEX BOHEMIA 2003 s. 319.
  • KOLEKTIV AUTORŮ. Neonatologický edukační program. Třinec : T- Print, 1996.
  • MAREŠ J. a kol. Dítě a bolest. Praha, Grada 1997 s. 317.
  • NIESSEN K. H. a kol. Pediatrie. Praha, Scientia Medica, 1996.
  • VALENTA M. a kol. Herní specialista. Olomouc, Univerzita Palackého 2001 s. 167.


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