Paediatric and Adolescent Care
The student - recognises care phenomena in the context of child and adolescents care, aligns actions with the development of children and orients nursing actions to special needs and illnesses - is guided by specialised legal principles, represents the interests of children and young people, particularly in child protection, and identifies potential threats to children's welfare - explains support serscces for vulnerable family systems and represents their interests as part of the care and treatment process - analyses social systems and derives consequences for communication and relationship design - contributes nursing expertise to medical-therapeutic treatment processes, carries out diagnostic and therapeutic interventions and monitors critically ill children and adolescents • deals with questions from nursing practice, recognises problems, derives approaches to solutions and possible questions for systematic research via a reflection cycle
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Internship compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- • Family forms (rainbow family), family models, distribution of roles and life situations,
Social resources of the family, family environment
• Reflection on practice
- Self and group reflection, case discussion
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Internship compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- Skills lab
- Paediatric Life Support
- Fundamentals of perception promotion and movement sequences in infancy and toddlerhood based on selected concepts
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Internship compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 12
- Contents:
- • Inpatient admission, internal hospitalisation, discharge or transfer to other facilities (case- and caremanagement)
• Care process orientated towards the adolescent and child and the family-social environment:
- Assessment tools, information and patient data collection (use electronic patient data collection)
- Creation of individual and family-related care diagnoses
- Derive risk diagnoses and plan, instruct and implement prophylactic measures
- Nursing process evaluation - nursing visits
• Age-, development- and disease-related education, preparation, implementation and assistance with clinical examinations, medical-diagnostic and therapeutic measures
• Calculate, prepare and administer medication in different forms of administration (oral, lingual, transdermal, transrectal, inhalation, intravenous, subcutaneous, central venous, intramuscular) in the knowledge of suitable emergency measures based on knowledge of effects and side effects
• Assessing the nutritional situation and options, providing age-, development- and disease-related nutrition and calculating, preparing and administering medically indicated enteral and parenteral nutrition
• Monitoring and case-related interpretation/assessment of life-sustaining functions, performing circulatory stabilisation with a focus on the causes or reason for the reduced cardiovascular situation, applying oxygen therapy in the form of non-invasive administration
• Pain management including observation and assessment with the aim of age- and disease-related implementation of drug and non-drug pain therapy
• Assessing risk situations, anticipating the propensity for danger and deriving protective measures
• Plan and carry out parent and patient education on selected content and in specific situations
• Support and assess urinary and faecal excretion - taking into account age-, developmental- and disease-related factors, as well as balancing
• Supporting and assessing vomiting - disease-specific, including aspiration risk, age- and development-related care measures
• Age-, development- and illness-related personal care based on concepts that promote perception and movement
• Use mobilisation and movement techniques based on perception and movement-promoting concepts, adapt positioning to age, development and illness and use supporting aids
• Identify age-appropriate and individual sleep-wake rhythms and support, stabilise or secure them with sleep and rest-promoting care interventions
• Carrying out body temperature and heat management according to age, development and illness
• Organising age- and development-appropriate play, learning and activity opportunities and adapting these to specific illnesses
• Supplying a supply and drainage systems
• Pain- and symptom control in palliative care, interdisciplinary cooperation in end-of-life and grief counselling
The student • analyses complex nursing phenomena and derives specific care actions for children and adolescents with life-threatening and life-shortening illnesses • organises the care process in a case- and family-oriented manner and is guided by ethical and legal principles • Identifies potential child welfare risks, knows strategies to support vulnerable family systems and brings this to the care team to ensure case-based care as part of the care and treatment process • analyses complex social systems and derives consequences for communication and relationship design, designs instruction, counselling and training units in child and adolescents care and carries these out within a defined framework • integrates advanced nursing expertise into medical-therapeutic treatment processes for critically ill children and adolescents • independently carries out diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, monitors the state of health and initiates appropriate measures • deals with questions from nursing practice, recognises problems, derives approaches to solutions and possible questions for systematic research via a reflection cycle
- Semester:
- 2
- Type:
- Internship compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- • Deescalation training, non-violent communication
• Reflection on practice
- Self and group reflection, case discussion
- Semester:
- 2
- Type:
- Internship compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- Skills lab
• Expanded basics from concepts of perception promotion and communication via touch for children and adolescents
• Active and passive movement sequences, case-related and to sensitise personal experience
- Semester:
- 2
- Type:
- Internship compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 11
- Contents:
- • Inpatient admission, internal hospitalisation, discharge or transfer to other facilities (case- and caremanagement)
• Care process orientated towards the adolescent and child and the family-social environment:
- Assessment tools, information and patient data collection (use electronic patient data collection)
- Creation of individual and family-related care diagnoses
- Derive risk diagnoses and plan, instruct and implement prophylactic measures
- Nursing process evaluation - nursing visits
• Age-, development- and disease-related education, preparation, implementation and assistance with clinical examinations, medical-diagnostic and therapeutic measures
- Nursing process evaluation - nursing rounds
• Age-, development- and disease-related education, preparation, implementation and assistance with clinical examinations, medical-diagnostic and -therapeutic measures
• Calculate, prepare and administer medication in different forms of administration (oral, lingual, transdermal, transrectal, inhalation, intravenous, subcutaneous, central venous, intramuscular) in the knowledge of suitable emergency measures based on knowledge of effects and side effects
• Assessing the nutritional situation and options, providing age-, development- and disease-related nutrition and calculating, preparing and administering medically indicated enteral and parenteral nutrition
• Monitoring and case-related interpretation/assessment of life-sustaining functions, performing circulatory stabilisation with a focus on the causes or reason for the reduced cardiovascular situation, applying oxygen therapy in the form of non-invasive administration
• Pain management including observation and assessment with the aim of age- and disease-related Implementation of drug and non-drug pain therapy
• Assess risk situations, anticipate the tendency to danger and derive protective measures
• Plan and carry out parent and patient education on selected content and in specific situations
• Support and assess urinary and faecal excretion - taking into account age, developmental and disease-related factors, as well as balancing
• Supporting and assessing vomiting - disease-specific, including aspiration risk, age- and development-related care measures
• Age-, development- and illness-related personal care based on concepts that promote perception and movement
• Use mobilisation and movement techniques based on concepts that promote perception and movement, adapt positioning to age, development and illness and use supportive aids
• Identify age-appropriate and individual sleep-wake rhythms and support, stabilise or secure them with sleep and rest-promoting care interventions
• Carrying out body temperature and heat management according to age, development and illness
• Organising age- and development-appropriate play, learning and activity opportunities and adapting these to specific illnesses
• Supplying a supply and drainage systems
• Pain- and symptom control in palliative care, interdisciplinary cooperation in end-of-life and grief counselling
The student • classifies nursing phenomena of children and adolescents with life-threatening and life-shortening illnesses, evaluates and modifies nursing and treatment interventions • designs the care process in a case- and family-orientated manner and is guided by ethical and legal principles • Identifies potential child welfare risks, knows strategies to support vulnerable family systems and brings this to the nursing team to ensure case-based care as part of the care and treatment process • analyses complex social systems and derives consequences for communication and relationship design; plans instruction, counselling and training units in child and adolescents care and carries these out within a defined framework • integrates advanced nursing expertise into medical-therapeutic treatment processes for critically ill children and adolescents • Independently carries out diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, monitors the state of health and initiates appropriate measures • deals with questions from nursing practice, recognises problems, derives approaches to solutions and possible questions for systematic research via a reflection cycle • implements principles of case and specialist management or case and care management in the context of professional activities, demonstrates the assumption of leadership and management tasks in a uni- or multi-professional team • plans the deployment, guidance and supervision of employees (skill and grade mix) with regard to personal and institutional (organisational) development, taking into account the legal framework for delegation and sub-delegation
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Internship compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- • Family-oriented information, guidance and counselling in child and adolescents care
• Reflection on practice
- Self and group reflection, case discussion
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Internship compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- Skills lab
• Training according to individual interest
• Implementation of case and specialist management
• Guidance and supervision of/for employees
• Framework conditions for delegation and sub-delegation
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Internship compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 14
- Contents:
- • Inpatient admission, internal hospitalisation, discharge or transfer to other facilities (case- and caremanagement)
• Care process orientated towards the adolescent and child and the family-social environment:
- Assessment tools, information and patient data collection (use electronic patient data collection)
- Creation of individual and family-related care diagnoses
- Derive risk diagnoses and plan, instruct and implement prophylactic measures
- Nursing process evaluation - nursing visits
•Age-, development- and disease-related education, preparation, implementation and assistance with clinical examinations, medical-diagnostic and therapeutic measures
• Calculate, prepare and administer medication in different forms of administration (oral, lingual, transdermal, transrectal, inhalation, intravenous, subcutaneous, central venous, intramuscular) in the knowledge of suitable emergency measures based on knowledge of effects and side effects
• Assessing the nutritional situation and options, providing age-, development- and disease-related nutrition and calculating, preparing and administering medically indicated enteral and parenteral nutrition
• Monitoring and case-related interpretation/assessment of life-sustaining functions, performing circulatory stabilisation with a focus on the causes or reason for the reduced cardiovascular situation, applying oxygen therapy in the form of non-invasive administration
• Pain management including observation and assessment with the aim of age- and disease-related implementation of drug and non-drug pain therapy
• Assessing risk situations, anticipating the propensity for danger and deriving protective measures
• Plan and carry out parent and patient education on selected content and in specific situations
• Support and assess urinary and faecal excretion - taking into account age-, developmental- and disease-related factors, as well as balancing
• Supporting and assessing vomiting - disease-specific, including aspiration risk, age- and development-related care measures
• Age-, development- and illness-related personal care based on concepts that promote perception and movement
• Use mobilisation and movement techniques based on perception and movement-promoting concepts, adapt positioning to age, development and illness and use supporting aids
• Identify age-appropriate and individual sleep-wake rhythms and support, stabilise or secure them with sleep and rest-promoting care interventions
• Carrying out body temperature and heat management according to age, development and illness
• Organising age- and development-appropriate play, learning and activity opportunities and adapting these to specific illnesses
• Supplying a supply and drainage systems
• Pain and symptom control in palliative care, interdisciplinary cooperation in end-of-life and grief counselling
• Coordination of nursing and care processes in selected situations (assumption of management tasks in a uni- and multi-professional team)
• Practical instruction of people in individual care professions (at various educational levels)
The student • takes up questions from practice and formulates professionally relevant (research) questions from them • plans a research process taking into account relevant framework conditions as well as the factors of time, ethical and legal framework conditions • develops a topic- and database-specific search strategy and applies a scientifically structured approach according to specified standards for data collection and documentation • identifies different research designs and clarifies their possible applications • compares survey and evaluation methods of quantitative and qualitative research • can understand and interpret data as part of the research process • knows the requirements for the thesis (guidelines, etc.) • takes a differentiated approach to English-language literature
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 2
- Contents:
- • Consolidation of basic scientific knowledge
• Quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research designs
• Data collection and analysis methods
• Descriptive statistics
• Inference statistics
• Conclusions based on quantitative and qualitative analyses
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Practice-oriented session compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 2
- Contents:
- • Identification of relevant questions from practice
• Planning the research process
• Literature research taking into account the available resources
• Structure, formal and content-related aspects of the written thesis
• Development of an exposé
The student • plans a literature thesis according to international standards • prepares research results - including practical knowledge - as a basis for evidence-based decisions in practice, uses evidence syntheses • applies artificial intelligence in a differentiated manner, taking into account specifications and legal framework conditions • is able to participate in research projects • argues the need for an ethical, moral and responsible attitude and uses an example to explain how this can be realised in scientific work • evaluates the work found within a literature search with the help of international assessments, analyses the results, discusses the conclusions and presents them in written form • writes a profession-specific thesis according to specified criteria • presents the results of the thesis in a comprehensible manner and discusses them
- Semester:
- 2
- Type:
- Miscellaneous compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 3
- Contents:
- • Composing the written thesis
- Semester:
- 2
- Type:
- Practice-oriented session compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- • Utilisation of research findings for evidence-based practice in the healthcare professions
• Analysing and evaluating studies
• Theoretical background to evidence syntheses
• Critical evaluation of evidence syntheses
• Basics and possible applications of artificial intelligence in scientific work
• Writing workshop
• Exercises
The student • derives specifics of child and adolescents care on the basis of in-depth specialist knowledge of the manifestations of specific illnesses/impairments/phenomena • selects therapy-relevant positioning and tools, especially for infants, children and adolescents, and explains them • explains Paediatric Life Support in different age groups • knows the special features of the observation and monitoring criteria of specific patient and risk groups interprets these and derives measures • represents participation in the medical-diagnostic and medical-therapeutic process and the transfer of relevant information
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 3
- Contents:
- Paediatrics and medicine
• Endocrinology, metabolic diseases
• Infectious diseases, vaccinations
• Pneumology
• Gastroenterology
• Nephrology, Urology
• Autoimmune diseases, allergology
• Haematology, oncology
• Diseases of sensory organs (eyes, ENT, skin)
• Complementary medical methods in childhood and adolescence
Paediatric surgery
• Common special paediatric surgical clinical pictures
• Congenital malformations
• Accidents in childhood
• Special paediatric orthopaedic clinical pictures
• Paediatric emergency and paediatric life support
The student • derives specific care practices for children and adolescents based on in-depth specialist knowledge of specific illnesses, impairments and phenomena • selects therapy-relevant strategies, positioning and medical devices, especially for critically ill infants, children and adolescents • recognises the special features of the observation and monitoring criteria for specific patient and risk groups, interprets them and derives suitable measures • provides opportunities to actively participate in the medical-diagnostic and -therapeutic process by identifying relevant information and deriving appropriate measures
- Semester:
- 2
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 3
- Contents:
- Paediatric cardiology
• Heart development and the development of heart defects
• Symptoms of heart defects
• Fetal circulation system/fetal circulation change at birth
• Special heart defects, including emergency
• Treatment strategies
• Diagnostics
Child and adolescent neuropsychiatry
• Developmental disorders and impairments in childhood and adolescence
• Special features of psychosomatics in childhood and adolescence
• Physical, sexual or emotional violence or neglect
• Substance abuse in childhood and adolescence
• Neurological and psychiatric clinical pictures in childhood and adolescence
The student • knows the specialised legal bases for working with children and adolescents and their family and social environment and aligns professional activities in the intramural and extramural sector accordingly • recognises rights and obligations in the context of professional practice with a focus on the treatment and care process and acts in the interests of child protection
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Child and adolescents welfare law
- Child custody law
- Basics of liability law
The student • plans nursing care process based on the developmental stages of children and adolescents, using perception and behaviour-oriented concepts • explains the rights and obligations of children and adolescents and/or their support system in the context of the treatment and care process • recognises individual, family and culture-related care requirements in various fields of pediatric nursing and and derives profession-specific nursing • demonstrates needs-orientated, trust-promoting communication and interaction with children and adolescents, taking into account their social environment • recognises nursing phenomena (e.g. pain, fear, shame, guilt) and derives appropriate measures • is familiar with observation and monitoring criteria and corresponding procedures in the event of risky changes • describes methods for guiding, counselling and training children, adolescents and their family systems and integrates digital methods • contributes nursing expertise to medical-therapeutic and diagnostic processes, derives nursing interventions and passes on relevant information
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Cross-generational, cross-cultural and cross-national perspectives of family and childhood
- The significance of culture, religion, and social factors in pediatric and adolescents nursing care
- Impact of migration on children
- Perception of children within the family system and the impact of illness on family communication dynamics
- Children’s rights in hospital care, with reference to the EACH Charter (European Association for Children in Hospital)
- Fields of practice (inhospital and community-based) and defined areas of competence in pediatric and adolescents nursing
- Historical and professional-political development of the pediatric nursing profession, with a focus on anticipating future challenges, including digital transformation
- Adult learning concepts with a focus on self-directed learning (SOL), including in-person, online, and digital learning formats
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1,5
- Contents:
- • Characteristics of infectious diseases, age group-specific risks and diagnostic/therapeutic interventions
• Care, nutrition and medical treatment strategies for infectious diseases (respiratory, gastrointestinal, ...)
• Introduction of complementary foods
• Complementary care methods (wraps, compresses), indications, contraindications
• Specific hygiene measures based on the initial situation
• Situation-specific guidance and counselling content for the child and accompanying person
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1,5
- Contents:
- - Children's and adolescent´s understanding of health and illness
- Influences of chronic illness on the family system, acceptance and coping strategies, development and social integrity, environmental and life adaptation and transition/detachment
- Requirements and methods of needs-orientated, trust-promoting communication
- Holistic care, nutrition, reduction of complications, stabilisation of vital functions and education for
- Type 1 diabetes
- Renal insufficiency
- Cystic fibrosis
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 2
- Contents:
- - Development of children and adolescents (motor, psychosocial, somatic) and measures to promote development
- Importance of social relationships for children and young people
- Prevention and health promotion for children and young people (e.g.: parent-child passport examinations, immunisations/vaccination schedule)
- Nutrition of the healthy child
- Accident prevention in the home and inpatient setting
- Causes, forms and effects of regulatory disorders in infancy and childhood with a focus on support, relief and guidance for the family system
- Information, guidance, counselling and training for children and young people and their family systems with regard to health promotion and prevention, taking into account possible digital aids
- Age-appropriate play and exercise programmes
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Admission and hospitalisation of children and adolescents (preparation, triage, assessment, procedure)
- Support in stressful situations/crisis/separation
- Causes and effects of psychosomatic illness in childhood and adolescence, plus preventive approaches and care-related family counselling and guidance
- Image of man / holism
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 2,5
- Contents:
- - Postnatal primary care according to the family-centred care approach
- Assessment and care-specific support for postnatal adaptation
- Nursing actions in specific situations in the period
- In-depth knowledge of the basics of breastfeeding and lactation counselling and infant nutrition
- Family-orientated discharge management
- Preventive health counselling and training for parents (screening, SIDS, check-ups, standard prophylaxis ...)
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Child-specific pre-operative nursing interventions focussing on legal aspects, observation, monitoring, communication, pain management and wound care
- Child-specific post-operative care requirements with a focus on observation, monitoring, communication, wound and pain management, care of feeding and draining systems
- Pre- and post-operative prophylaxis required
- Pre- and post-operative nutrition management
- Care phenomena fear and shame
- Information and training for children and relatives
The student • recognises characteristics of specific and life-limiting illnesses in children and adolescents using assessment procedures and derives case-related care requirements and actions from this • recognises risks related to specific illness situations of children and adolescents and identifies care-relevant consequences of action in medical-diagnostic/therapeutic interventions • examines structural requirements to ensure the nursing care of children and adolescents in intramural and extramural settings and initiates the adaptation of paediatric care/care • explains quality-of-life care measures and treatment pathways for children and adolescents with mental, chronic, life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses and their care system • knows the importance of interaction and communication models and uses this knowledge for partnership and family-orientated care (homoparental family) of adolescents and children with mental, chronic, life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses • recognises culturally sensitive influencing factors in the care of children and adolescents and aligns action processes accordingly • identifies care situations that are suitable for the use of digital tools, describes the benefits of e.g. telemedicine, telecare, teletherapy, mobile health applications, digital diagnostic and monitoring devices and other technologies used in health care
- Semester:
- 2
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1,5
- Contents:
- • Congenital and acquired causes of mental and physical impairment (syndromic diseases, SHT, near drowning)
• Measures/concepts/aids to promote the development of children with mental and physical disabilities (mobile communication aids)
• Assessment and prevention of complications such as contractures, pressure sores, thromboses and spasticity
• Rehabilitation and family programmes to integrate the child into everyday family life
• Effects of deprivation and separation from attachment figures on the child's development
• Pain assessment in children and adolescents with disabilities
• Quality of life
• Organisation of an individual home care arrangement
• Assessment, diagnostics, planning and evaluation in mobile paediatric nursing
• Nursing care for children with disabilities in mobile paediatric nursing care, respite care for the family system
- Semester:
- 2
- Type:
- Practice-oriented session compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 2
- Contents:
- • prenatal phase: embryology, prenatal diagnostics and medicine, human genetics
• perinatal phase: birth trauma, signs of maturity, initial care of premature and newborn babies
• Neonatal phase: screening, nutrition, development, long-term monitoring
• Follow-up care for premature babies
• Diseases in the neonatal period in premature and newborn babies
• Development-promoting and family-oriented concepts in premature and newborn care with a focus on vulnerability and individualised processes
• Parent education and discharge management
• Use of medical devices for premature babies
• Specific nursing interventions for premature babies, with a focus on parenteral/enteral nutrition, digestion, respiration, cardiovascular system, skin, kidney function, central nervous system, pain management and treatment strategies
• Neonatal risk factors, preventive care interventions
• Pre- and post-operative care requirements for newborns after bowel surgery, advice from care experts (stoma, breastfeeding and lactation)
• Differentiation between neonatal intensive care and intermediate care
• Ethical aspects:
- Prenatal diagnostics
- Neonatology
- Semester:
- 2
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1,5
- Contents:
- • Observation and monitoring criteria of the cardiovascular system in children and adolescents with congenital heart defects and resulting care measures (cardiovascular drugs, oxygen therapy, etc.)
• Specific care measures resulting from the care of children and adolescents with heart disease (care of inflow and outflow systems)
• Supporting the parent-child relationship during physical separation by strengthening skills and parent integration with the use of digital media in education, counselling and communication
• Specifics of discharge management for children and adolescents with life-threatening illnesses
• Hygienic and organisational measures for isolation during immunosuppression
• Child-specific requirements for the treatment of central venous accesses
• Care-relevant requirements resulting from the various paediatric oncological diseases and their forms of therapy
• Complementary care methods (room scenting, warmth and cold treatments, relaxation), indications, contraindications
- Semester:
- 2
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1,5
- Contents:
- • Mentally ill and disorders children and adolescents in social systems (inclusion)
• Societal, social influencing factors as part of the development of the disease
• Interaction and dialogue as a treatment and care intervention
• Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary case discussions, adapted treatment and care processes/congruent relationship management
• Autism spectrum disorder, care interventions, treatment strategies and interdisciplinary therapy programmes
• Body image disorder and eating disorder, care interventions, treatment strategies and interdisciplinary therapy programmes
• Specific nursing concepts in promote sensory perception
- Semester:
- 2
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1,5
- Contents:
- • Children's understanding of death and grief reactions at different stages of development
• Quality of life, life goals and finiteness of life
• Truth and truthfulness, diversity, mourning rituals
• verbal/non-verbal communication, conducting conversations (atmosphere, space, time), humour as therapy
• Role of mobile paediatric nursing care in the context of out-of-hospital care (comprehensive, cross-institutional and cross-neighbourhood service mandate)
• Children's hospice and palliative care in Austria
• Adaption of therapeutic goal
• Support for dying children and adolescents in the home environment
• Symptom control, palliative pain management
• Accompanying dying newborns and their families in hospital
• Accompaniment and support in the family system, self-help groups for orphaned parents/families
• Guidelines for the care of a deceased child in an institutional setting
• Mental hygiene (forms of coping)
- Semester:
- 2
- Type:
- Practice-oriented session compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 3
- Contents:
- • paediatric TBI - causes, effects, long-term consequences, monitoring parameters, assessment tools
• Care concepts for seriously injured children and adolescents
• Guilt and feelings of guilt in connection with child injury, coping with guilt and relief options for the family system
• Chronic inflammatory systemic diseases - forms, causes, symptoms, treatment and care strategies
• Age- and development-related pain management for chronic pain
• Guidance and counselling, training on basic topics in paediatric rheumatology
• Mobilisation in the event of restricted mobility, specific care measures in interdisciplinary cooperation, risk factors and preventing falls
• Tertiary prevention measures, child and family rehabilitation
• Violence against children and adolescents, forms of violence and neglect, anamnesis, physical examination, care and treatment interventions
• Function of a child protection group, interdisciplinary cooperation, securing evidence in the field of child and adolescents care
• Age- and development-orientated interaction and conversation in sensitive situations (crisis situation - experience of violence)
• Development-promoting games and other creative measures
• Effects of family stress and crisis situations
• Role conflicts, reactive coping strategies of carers
• Intra-family interaction patterns resulting from dependencies
• Education for children and adolescents with a dependency due to hospitalisation, to support developmental autonomy, also using digital aids
• Care requirements resulting from congenital malformations of the central nervous system
• Indications for tracheostoma in children, tracheostoma care and specific nursing intervention
• Promoting perception during the transition to oral feeding, use of aids, interdisciplinary cooperation in the case of swallowing disorders
• Guidance and training for parents, discharge management including transitional care to ensure care at home, telecare options
• Influence on the family system due to continuous 24/7 care needs, relief options
• Services offered by mobile paediatric nursing care and other health and social services