| CODE | NUR1126 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Paediatrics and Maternal Care | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Nursing | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This unit has been designed to develop an overall knowledge and appreciation of concepts relating to the practice of maternal and child health. Students will explore maternal and child health problems and their underlying social, cultural and political causes. Students will also explore a range of primary health care approaches, including new interventions and strategies. Study-unit Aims: The aims are that students shall develop an understanding of the principles of maternal and child health nursing and how these may be applied to practice; introduce the students to the concepts of family- centred maternal-child care encompassing culturally competent care; familiarise students with issues surrounding the reproductive years and the postpartal childbearing family; and ultimately students will be encouraged to explore the care and needs of children including the time when they are hospitalized. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: • Develop an awareness of the physical, psychological and social needs of mothers, babies and their families; • Develop the appropriate knowledge, skills and attitudes required for the care of mothers and their families; • Apply theoretical perspectives of growth and development to the child and family; • Discuss the effects of hospitalization on the child and family; • Discuss the management of the child with selected medical/surgical conditions; • Discuss the impact of chronic illness on the child and family; • Identify the overall goals of paediatric nursing. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: • Demonstrate an understanding of the knowledge, skills and attitudes which enable nurses to work effectively with mothers,children and their families; • Articulate the significance of factors which may affect relationships between mothers, children, families and health care professionals; and, • Discuss and provide a rationale for strategies which nurses can utilise to develop skills in working with mothers, children and their families. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Bindler, R. C., Ball, J.W., London, M.L., & Davidson, M.W., (2016). Clinical skills manual for maternity and pediatric nursing (5th ed). New Jersey: Pearson. - Hockenberry, M.J., Wilson, D., (2014). Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children (10th ed.). St Louis, Ms: Mosby. - London, M.L., Ladewig, P.A., Ball, J.W. & Bindler, R.A. (2013). Maternal & Child Nursing care (4th ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall. - Ladewig, P.W., London, M.L., Davidson, M.R., (2010). Contemporary maternal-newborn nursing care. Pearson. - Leifer, G., (2011). Introduction to maternity and pediatric nursing. (6th Ed) Elsevier/Saunders. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Anna Cini (Co-ord.) Naomi Cini Sarreo Katrina Dimech Gilbert Gauci Rachel Grech |
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