Nursing Care in Pediatrics: Educational Manual

The educational manual Nursing Care in Pediatrics has been compiled taking into account the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard for Secondary Vocational Education in the specialty 34.02.01 Nursing. The material of the educational manual Nursing Care in Pediatrics is structured in such a way that the student can develop independence in acquiring knowledge and applying it in practical activities, mastering the necessary types of activities for future nursing specialists. The manual briefly presents material on children's health, their anatomical and physiological features, the patterns of growth and development, and the organization of preventive work in children's clinics. It outlines modern concepts of the most common diseases in childhood or those with specific clinical courses in children, both internal and infectious diseases. The educational manual contains justified algorithms for basic care for sick children and algorithms for providing emergency assistance to children. The section on Independent Work presents competency-oriented control tasks and exercises for organizing classroom and extracurricular independent work for students. There are criteria for grading various types of independent work. Additional informational material, presented in the appendix in the form of action algorithms, memos, and evaluation tables, can be used by students when solving control tasks and exercises. This educational manual can be used for training students in the specialty 34.02.01 Nursing. The educational material presented in the first section Healthy Child will help students in mastering MDC.01.01. Section 1. Health and Age of a Person. Children's Health. The material presented in the second section Childhood Diseases can be used when studying MDC.02.01. Section 1. Nursing Care in Pediatrics. The educational material in the third section Emergency Conditions in Children will be in demand by students in mastering PM. 03 Providing Pre-medical Assistance in Emergency and Extreme Situations. The educational manual Nursing Care in Pediatrics may interest practicing nurses as well as parents.