Pediatric Nursing

course code = NUR 511

course credit hours = 8 hours 

course description:  this course is designed to prepare students to advancing their speciality knowledge and be the more competent and able to apply nursing care of selected pediatrics disorders, offered health promotion and maintenance, rehabilitations, ethics and continuity of care are emphasized 

objectives : by the end of the course the student is expected to be able to : 

· Determine nurses, childern, and families and child concepts and application

· discuss child health care setting and concedrations 

· identify and apply Nursing care for common health concern 

· identify and apply Nursing care for specific health conditions

Course contents 

Semester 1

· Nurses, children and family 

· Child health nursing concepts, roles and issues , family centred care, theory and applications . cultural influences

· Child concepts and application

· Genetic and hereditary influences

· Concept of growth and development

· Child and family communications

· Paediatric and new-born assessments

· Children health resetting and consideration 

· Nursing care of the child in the community

· Nursing care of hospitalized child

· Nursing care of the child with chronic conditions

· Nursing care of the child with life threaten illness or injury

· End of life care and bereavement 

· Nursing care for common health concerns 

· Infant, child and adolescent nutrition

· Social and environmental influences on child and adolescent health

· Pain assessment and management

· Immunization and communicable disease

· Nursing care for specific health conditions

· Fluid and electrolytes  and acid base balance 

· Eye , Ear , Nose and Throat function 

· Respiratory function

· Cardiovascular function 

· Immune function 

· Genitourinary function

· Hematologic function 

· Gastrointestinal function 

· Endocrine and metabolic function 

· Neurologic function 

· Mental health and cognition 

· Musculoskeletal function and skin integrity 

 student evaluation 

contiuous evaluation ............................ 20%

final exam ................................................ 80%

University of Khartoum

Faculty of Nursing Science

Department of Pediatrics

Honer degree

Semester 2

Course Name Pediatric: Nursing 2

Course code: NUR 521

Course description

The course is designed to prepare students to advancing their specialty knowledge and be more competent and able to apply nursing care for selected pediatric disorder, offered health promotion, maintenance and rehabilitation, ethics and continuity of care are emphasized

Objective: by the end of this course the student should be able to:

·      Determined pediatric oncology

·      Assess and manage pediatric emergency cases

·      Apply critical care in pediatrics

·      Deal with pediatric Nursing care in critical situation

·      Assess and manage cases of pediatric surgery

Contents

1.    Pediatric oncology

Child with cancer (incidence. etiology and pathophysiology. clinical manifestation and diagnostic test, clinical therapy, end of life care) lecture Dr Nagla

2.    Oncology emergencies seminar Dr Amna

·      Metabolic emergency

·      Hematologic

·      Psychological needs 

·      Assessment and nursing care of child with cancer

a.     Brain tumor lecture Dr Sheraz

b.    Neuroblastoma Lecture Dr Sheraz

c.     Willims tumor seminar  

d.    Leukemia seminar

e.     Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma seminar Dr Sheraz

3.    Critical pediatrics

a.     Definition of critical care Dr Amna lecture

b.    Objective

c.     Sepsis and septic shock

d.    Respiratory failure

e.     Cardiac failure seminar Dr Amna

f.     Poisoning seminar Dr Sheraz

g.    DKA and hypoglycemia Dr Sheraz

4.    Pediatric surgery

a.     Intestinal obstruction seminar Dr Nagla

b.    Burm seminar Dr Nagla

c.     Nursing care after cardiac surgery  lecture Dr Nagla

d.    Trachea-esophageal fistula seminar Dr Nagla

e.     Hydrocephalus and spina bifida lecture Dr Nagla

Procedures

Care of mechanical ventilator

Tracheostomy care

Endotracheal care

CPAP and BI PAP

Central venous catheter care

Blood sampling collection APG gas

Course evaluation

Continuous evaluation: 20%

Final exam 80%