Maternal and Infant Care Basics

- To know the main issues related to the state of health and illness in the obstetric field;
- To know the physiology of fetal development;
- To know the factors that can damage the embryo and the fetus during intrauterine life and birth;
- To acquire an adequate knowledge of the main preventive methods in the developmental age;
- To acquire the knowledge related to the mechanisms that regulate adaptation to extrauterine life;
- To acquire an adequate knowledge of the physical and functional characteristics of the healthy newborn;
- To acquire the knowledge of the basics of growth and psychomotor development that characterize the different pediatric ages;
- To acquire the knowledge of the nutritional principles to be applied in different care settings across the pediatric age range;
- Evaluate the nursing care needs of children in different age groups, from a biophysiological, psychological and socio-cultural point of view, related to health status;
- Study methods of data collection, observation, interview, direct physical survey and planning methods according to criteria of priority and continuous evaluation of the interventions carried out and the results obtained in relation to the satisfaction of pediatric nursing care needs ;
- Evaluate evidence-based studies of nursing interventions aimed at complying with the needs of pediatric nursing care;
- To apply data collection methods for the identification of pediatric nursing care needs. Planning and documentation of nursing care needs, according to the theoretical reference model (Professional Laboratory 1);
- To apply the procedures aimed at complying with the needs of nursing care, according to planned interventions and actions based on scientific evidence (Professional Laboratory 1).

Knowledge and understanding
- general and clinical nursing issues for the understanding of pediatric nursing's fields of intervention, clinical method leading to effective clinical approach intervention techniques and evidence supporting the decision making and the delivery of the pediatric nursing care;
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
- integrate the knowledge and skills stemming from the nursing discipline, from biomedical, socio-cultural and humanistic features to recognize the care needs of the newborn and the family and provide appropriate, effective and evidence-based pediatric nursing care;
- apply the nursing care on the basis of the reference disciplinary theoretical models to assess and diagnose health status and care needs in their physical, psychological and socio-cultural dimensions, plan goals, implement and evaluate the care provided and outcomes achieved;
- conduct a complete and systematic evaluation of data relating to the care needs of the newborn to facilitate growth, development and adaptation in health promotion, maintenance and recovery;
- analyze and accurately interpret the data collected through clinical reasoning;
- interpret and apply the results of research to nursing practice and link research paths to the theoretical development of the nursing discipline;
- provide nursing care in different care settings, both in- and out- of-hospital settings