92319 Family and Children Nursing

Description

Week 1: - Contemporary Australian Families - Consent Laws - Child Maltreatment - Mandatory report in ward Week 2: - Safe sleeping practices+ SIDS - Stages of pregnancy - Foetal circulation - Assessment and care & Infant of birth - Nutrition Lecture notes Week 3: - Growth Assessment - Interpreting child growth & Growth charts - Primitive reflexes newborn - Definitions of fine/gross motor skills Week 4: - Structured Assessment Methods - Anatomical/physiological differences of respiratory/circulatory systems and Mechanisms of Injury - Bronchiolitis Week 5: - Body Surface Area: Mass Ratio - Metabolic differences and Thermoregulation - Total Body Water (TBW) – influence on IV requirements/types of fluid used - Glucose Maintenance – how this influences types of IV fluids used - Skeletal Differences - Pain Assessment Charts used in children - Gastroenteritis Week 6: - Asthma Medication Devices - Asthma treatment + interventions