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

  • Goal4
  • Goal5
  • Goal6
  • 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