Nursing REPLICA J - ASL ROMA 1

COURSE PROGRAM GENERAL AND SPECIALIST PEDIATRIC NURSING LESSONS COURSE J 2025-2026 Prof. P. Papoff ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE IN CHILDREN -Assessment Criteria UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES -Croup, Epiglottitis, Retropharyngeal Abscess, Foreign Body Inhalation LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES -Bronchiolitis, Asthma, Pneumonia, Pneumothorax TREATMENT OF RESPIRATORY FAILURE -Compensated and Decompensated Respiratory Failure -Oxygen Therapy -Oxygen Delivery Systems: Low Flow Devices, High Flow Devices -Ventilation Support: -When: Increased respiratory effort, hypoxemia, hypercapnia, worsening clinical conditions -How: Manual ventilation with Ambu bag or with Va e Vieni bag with mask Use of laryngeal mask Orotracheal or nasotracheal intubation (technique, choice of endotracheal tube and fixation, checking correct tube position, DOPES) SHOCK -Definition -Epidemiology of shock in pediatrics -Classification of types of shock: hypovolemic, distributive, cardiogenic, obstructive -Staging of shock: compensated, decompensated, irreversible -Pre-hospital treatment of shock DIARRHEA -Definition -Classification -Etiology -Clinical assessment (Gorelick score) and criteria for hospitalization -Oral and intravenous rehydration -Diet -Medical therapy and indications for antibiotic therapy DEHYDRATION -Definition -Degree of dehydration: Mild, Moderate, Severe -Gorelick score -Water requirements: Holliday and Segar rule -Oral and intravenous rehydration DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS -Definition -Diagnostic criteria - Classification: Mild, Moderate, Severe -Patient assessment and tests to be performed -Treatment: correction of dehydration, correction of electrolyte disorders, correction of hyperglycemia, correction of acidosis EXANTEMATIC DISEASES - Measles - Acquired and congenital rubella - Chickenpox - Scarlet fever - Mononucleosis - Kawasaki disease - Coxsackie infections VACCINES and VACCINATIONS - Active and Passive Immunity - Vaccines: Composition and Characteristics - Vaccines: Routes of Administration - Side Effects and Contraindications - 2022 Vaccination Schedule FEBRILE CONVULSIONS - Definition - Simple and complex convulsions - Diagnostic approach and treatment of the first episode - Pharmacological treatment - Subsequent episodes THE NORMAL NEWBORN: ASSISTANCE WITH THE POSTNATAL TRANSITION -Definition of newborn -Classification: full-term, preterm, post-term, AGA, SGA, LGA (percentiles) -Physiological characteristics of the cardiorespiratory system (fetal circulation) and adaptation to independent life -Assessment of the newborn at birth: APGAR score -Routine care procedures for normal newborns: Treatment of the umbilical cord Preventing heat loss (drying, warming) Cleaning the respiratory tract Cleaning the newborn (bathing) Conjunctival prophylaxis, hemorrhagic disease prophylaxis Physical examination of the newborn Transitional observation in the nursery (temperature check, respiratory activity and skin color check, blood sugar check, meconium emission check, urination check) Metabolic screening -Cardiorespiratory arrest at birth: neonatal resuscitation algorithm LG 2021