Paediatric emergency care and nursing 5 ECTS ELANU

The study unit includes 2 ECTS of studies arranged in English

Objectives
• Understand the status and rights of children as patients and in society and know the principles of paediatric nursing and emergency care
• Understand the development of children at different stages, know how to promote the healthy growth and development of children and identify any delays/deviations in the growth and development of children
• Know how to support and guide parents and identify the resources and risk factors related to parenthood
• Know how to guide children and families in various situations related to health and diseases
• Know how to promote patient safety in the nursing of children
• Be able to use health care technology in the nursing and emergency care of children and adolescents
• Know how to adopt a critical approach to searching for, using and evaluating evidence-based knowledge and use it to develop the paediatric nursing and emergency care
• Know how to determine and document the care needs of a child patient, plan and administer evidence-based nursing and emergency care and evaluate their effectiveness
• Learn to perform key examination and care procedures with children and adolescents, recognize the instruments used and use the instruments appropriately and safely
• Become familiar with common diseases of children and adolescents, as well as their prevention, treatment and rehabilitation methods
• Understand the principles of advanced resuscitation of children
• Understand the pharmacological basics of children’s medication and know how to administer pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy to children and adolescents safely and effectively
• Learn to observe children and adolescents, as well as to plan, provide and evaluate individual care for children and adolescents in simulated cases
• Know how to support the functional capacity and involvement of the developmentally handicapped and the disabled
• Become familiar with the main causes of developmental disability and related disorders
• Understand the special features of the nursing of the developmentally handicapped and the disabled at different stages of life
• Become acquainted with key legislation and the service system related to the nursing of the developmentally handicapped
• Know how to help the families of disabled children cope and deal with everyday life
• Understand the status and rights of the developmentally handicapped as health care customers and patients

Contents

• Legislation concerning children, children’s rights and the ethical principles of the nursing of children

• Forms and methods of family nursing

• Monitoring of the growth and development of a healthy child and adolescent and delays/deviations in the development of a healthy child

• Paediatric emergency care, the most common paediatric diseases, surgical disorders, infectious diseases and long-term illnesses of children and adolescents and their treatment, rehabilitation and documentation in accordance with the nursing process

• Current evidence-based literature related to the field

• Clinical examination of child patients and the use of various assessment methods to support clinical decision-making

• Preparation of children for procedures, different guidance and education methods and how to include play in treatment

• Assessment of children’s pain and pain management

• Advanced resuscitation of children

• Pharmacology of children and adolescents, different ways of administering medications, monitoring the effectiveness of medication and guidance of pharmacotherapy

• Planning, administration and assessment of fluid therapy for children

• Basic treatment of children, including monitoring children and the nutrition of children

• Communication skills with children of different ages and their families

• Observation of child patients

• The most common medical treatment methods for children and adolescents

• Use of health care technology in patient cases