Paediatric Nursing

Explore key concepts in child health. Discover growth, development, common illnesses, and essential care techniques for newborns and hospitalized children. Gain crucial knowledge for promoting well-being.

Paediatric Nursing

1 Child Health Care Concepts and Facilities

  1. Historical Background of Child Health
  2. Factors Responsible for the Growth of Modern Paediatrics
  3. Definitions and Concepts
  4. Changing Role of a Paediatric Nurse
  5. Health Facilities for Child Health and Child Welfare
  6. National Agencies for the Welfare of Children
  7. International Agencies
  8. Vital Statistics

2 Growth and Development

  1. Definitions
  2. Importance of Study of Growth and Development
  3. Factors influencing Growth and Development
  4. Characteristics of Growth and Development
  5. Developmental Stages and Aspects of Childhood Development
  6. Growth and Development Parameters

3 Deviations of Growth, Development and Behaviour

  1. Variations in Normal Development
  2. Surveillance Tools in Development
  3. Developmental Disorders
  4. Definition and Meaning of Behavioural Problems
  5. Assessment of Behavioural Problems
  6. General Principles of Management
  7. Common Behavioural Problems and their Management
  8. Mental Retardation (MR)

4 Essential Care of Newborn Baby

  1. Care of a Newborn Baby at Birth
  2. Resuscitation of Newborn
  3. Immediate Care at Birth
  4. Apgar Score
  5. Later Care of the Newborn
  6. Assessment of Newborn
  7. Examination of the Baby
  8. Assessment of Gestational Age
  9. Physical and Physiological Characteristics
  10. Neonatal Reflexes
  11. Normal Phenomena at Birth

5 Care of Low Birth Weight Baby

  1. Definition and Classification
  2. Incidence and Causes of Low Birth Weight
  3. Clinical Manifestations
  4. Prevention of Low Birth Weight
  5. Nursing Care of Low Birth Weight Baby

6 Common Problems of Neonates

  1. Birth Injuries
  2. Neonatal Jaundice
  3. Neonatal Infections
  4. Hematologic Problems of Neonates
  5. Metabolic Disorders of Neonates
  6. Neonatal Convulsions
  7. Developmental Disorders
  8. General Preoperative and Postoperative Care in Surgical Problems of Neonates

7 Nursing Care of Hospitalized Child

  1. Importance of Care in Children
  2. Stress of Hospitalization
  3. Impact of Hospitalization
  4. Parents Response to Hospitalization
  5. The Child’s Response to Hospitalization
  6. Nurse’s Role in Relieving the Parent’s Anxiety and Child’s Stress
  7. Nursing Intervention in Care of Hospitalized Child

8 Nursing Care of Children with Gastrointestinal Disorders

  1. Diarrhoea
  2. Bacillary Dysentery
  3. Congenital Anomalies of Gastrointestinal System
  4. Disorders of Liver

9 Nursing Care of Children with Respiratory Disorders

  1. Common Cold
  2. Acute Pharyngitis/Sore Throat
  3. Acute and Chronic Tonsillitis
  4. Acute Laryngotracheo Bronchitis/Infectious Croup
  5. Otitis Media
  6. Bronchiolitis
  7. Acute Bronchitis
  8. Pneumonia
  9. Allergic Disorders-Bronchial Asthma
  10. Bronchiectasis
  11. Lung Abscess
  12. Empyema

10 Nursing Care of Children with Cardiovascular and Haematological Disorders

  1. Congenital Heart Disease
  2. Acyanotic Heart Diseases
  3. Cyanotic Heart Diseases
  4. Acquired Heart Diseases
  5. Infective Endocarditis
  6. Rheumatic Fever
  7. Disorders of Red Blood Cells: Anaemia
  8. Iron Deficiency Anaemia
  9. Megaloblastic Anaemia
  10. Aplastic Anaemia
  11. Thalassemia
  12. Disorders of White Blood Cells-Leukaemia
  13. Disorders of Platelets-Purpura-ITP
  14. Clotting Disorders-Hemophilia

11 Nursing Care of Children with Genitourinary Disorders

  1. Acute Glomerulonephritis
  2. Nephrotic Syndrome
  3. Tumours of Kidney-Wilm’s Tumour
  4. Acute Renal Failure
  5. Congenital Anomalies of Urinary System

12 Nursing Care of Children with Central Nervous System Disorders

  1. Meningitis
  2. Encephalitis
  3. Hydrocephalus
  4. Cerebral Palsy
  5. Convulsive Disorders
  6. Simple Febrile Convulsions
  7. Chronic Recurrent Convulsions Epilepsy
  8. Developmental Defects of the Neural Tube
  9. Meningocele
  10. Myelomeningocele
  11. Encephalocele

13 Nursing Care of Children with Disorders of Skin and Musculoskeletal System

  1. Nursing Care in Common Disorders of Skin
  2. Disorders of Musculoskeletal System

14 Nursing Care of a Child with Opthalmic Disorders

  1. Nursing Care of a Child with Conjunctivitis
  2. Nursing Care of a Child with Blepharitis
  3. Nursing Care of a Child with Corneal Ulcer
  4. Nursing Care of a Child with Uveitis
  5. Nursing Care of a Child with Retinoblastoma
  6. Nursing Care of a Child with Strabismus
  7. Nursing Care of a Child with Retinitis Pigmentosa

15 Nursing Care of Children with Infectious Diseases

  1. Measles
  2. Mumps
  3. Diphtheria
  4. Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
  5. Tuberculosis
  6. Poliomyelitis
  7. HIV/AIDS

16 Nursing Care of Children with Nutritional Deficiency Disorders

  1. Nutritional Requirements of Children
  2. Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM)
  3. Vitamin A Deficiency
  4. Vitamin B1 and B12 Deficiency
  5. Vitamin C Deficiency (Scurvy)
  6. Vitamin D Deficiency (Rickets)
  7. Iron Deficiency Anemia

17 Nursing Care of Children with Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

  1. Classification of Endocrine Disorders
  2. Common Endocrine Disorders
  3. Inborn Errors of Metabolism

18 Nursing Care of Children with Paediatric Emergencies

  1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Paediatric Life Support
  2. Management of Paediatric Emergencies
  3. Drowning
  4. Burns
  5. Falls and Injuries
  6. Ingestion of Foreign Bodies
  7. Poisoning
  8. Respiratory Distress Syndrome