NURSING IN THE MATERNAL-INFANTILE AREA Single channel
Chair (Coordinator) and Rapporteur: LAURA PETRARCA
Module 1: GENERAL AND SPECIALIST PEDIATRICS
- Activity type
- Interdisciplinari e cliniche, Scienze medico - chirurgiche
- SSD
- MED/38, MED/38
- Year
- 3rd year
- Semester
- 1st semester
- CFU
- 2
- Hours distribution
- 24 classroom hours
- Lecturers
- LAURA PETRARCA
Module 2: GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS
- Activity type
- Interdisciplinari e cliniche
- SSD
- MED/40
- Year
- 3rd year
- Semester
- 1st semester
- CFU
- 1
- Hours distribution
- 12 classroom hours
- Lecturers
- DANIELE DI MASCIO
Module 3: PEDIATRIC NURSING
- Activity type
- Scienze infermieristiche
- SSD
- MED/45
- Year
- 3rd year
- Semester
- 1st semester
- CFU
- 2
- Hours distribution
- 24 classroom hours
- Lecturers
- SOFIA DI MARIO
Module 4: OBSTETRICAL-GYNECOLOGICAL NURSING
- Activity type
- Scienze infermieristiche
- SSD
- MED/47
- Year
- 3rd year
- Semester
- 1st semester
- CFU
- 1
- Hours distribution
- 12 classroom hours
- Lecturers
- AZZURRA MASSIMI
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course, the student must know:
1) Normal growth, development and behavior and their assessment, as well as approaches to abnormalities from infancy through adolescence
2) Health maintenance and preventive care for children
3) The most common acute and chronic pediatric pathological conditions
Prerequisites
A basic knowledge of medical pathology and pharmacology is required.
Programme
Purpose of pediatrics
Preventive and social pediatrics
Newborn screening
Neonatology and neonatal pathology (low birth weight, preterm, small for gestational age, post-term)
Nutrition (requirements, metabolism, breastfeeding, weaning)
Vaccinations (schedule of mandatory and recommended vaccinations), contraindications, side effects
Common childhood infectious diseases and their prevention
Puberty development and its abnormalities
Congenital heart disease
Respiratory diseases
Gastrointestinal diseases
Renal diseases
Hematopoietic system diseases
Diabetes mellitus
Allergic diseases
Rheumatic disease
Books
Libri di testo (consigliati):
● Pediatria di Nelson, Editors: RM Kliegman, BF Stanton, JW St Geme III, Blum, Tasker, Wilson, 21th Edition . Edra, 2023
● Manuale di Pediatria Generale e Specialistica. di Bonamico • Editore Esculapio 2017
Bibliography
Module: GENERAL AND SPECIALIST PEDIATRICS
N/D
Module: GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS
N/D
Module: PEDIATRIC NURSING
N/D
Module: OBSTETRICAL-GYNECOLOGICAL NURSING
N/D
Lessons mode
Academic lectures with use of slides; discussion of clinical cases, seminars, training.
Frequency
Attendance at least 70% of lessons is mandatory
Exam mode
Oral exam
Example exam questions
Healthy newborn evaluation
Growth
Bronchiolitis
Vaccination
Arguments
Module: GENERAL AND SPECIALIST PEDIATRICS
N/D
Module: GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS
N/D
Module: PEDIATRIC NURSING
N/D
Module: OBSTETRICAL-GYNECOLOGICAL NURSING
N/D
Sustainability goals
- Academic year2026/2027
- Degree program to which the course belongsNursing - Course C - Roma Azienda Policlinico Umberto I
- Mandatory presenceNo
- Languageita
- CFU6 CFU, distributed among 4 integrated didactic modules
- Total duration72 hours