Paediatric and Adolescent Care
Job description
Paediatric and Adolescent Care works in partnership with children, adolescents and their reference systems e.g. the family. This comprises the care and nursing of physical and mental illness in childhood and adolescence, the care and nutrition of newborns and infants, as well as the care and nursing of seriously ill and dying children and adolescents. Nursing for the maintenance of good health, the prevention of diseases in childhood and adolescence as well as the primary health care and the rehabilitation of children and adolescents also belong to the area of responsibility of a trained academic expert. The inclusion of the parents and/or the reference system is of great importance in paediatric and adolescent care; information, guidance and advice are an integral part of the job description/Professional Approach in.
Business field
- in children’s hospitals and paediatric wards
- in health- and social institutions for children and adolescents
- in institutes for disabled children and adolescents
- in paediatric palliative care
- in paediatric home nursing care
- in health promotion organizations and institutions which offer prevention and health counseling for children and adolescents
- in primary healthcare centres
- in freelance work