Neonatology Course
Credits:Two credits, Theoretical course
Prequist:
Placement:
Course Description
This course is designed for students to help them gain comprehensive knowledge and
skills enabling them to provide effective care for neonate and their families in illness
at hospital settings and the community
This course will focus on how the midwives recognize the newborn adjustment to
extra uterine life, also it gives highlights on unhealthy newborn, it emphasizes on
development care and promotion of newborn at high risk including preterm and
post term babies and neonatal resuscitation. The course is designed to provide the
student midwives with depth understanding of the neonate contents and practice.
Course Objectives:
At the end of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Discuss the process of newborn assessment.
2. Recognize the newborn adjustment to extra uterine life.
3. Recognize the ill newborn
4. Differentiate between the types of Jaundice.
5. Identify, discuss and provide the care which needed for newborn with
infectious disease.
6. Discuss the need of the family by the integration of family –centred care in
the neonatal unite
7. Describe the common neonatal respiratory condition
8. Discuss and explain nerves injuries and systemic disorders.
9. Discuss briefly about intensive care of newborn and care of newborn during
illness.
10. Identify high risk newborn through classification according to size, gestational age
and health problem.
11. Identify the most common birth injuries of newborn.
12. Recognize common health problems related to physiological factors
13. Administer proper and safe nursing care through the utilization of the nursing
process to the sick newborn.
14. Use a theoretical base in applying the nursing process to provide effective nursing
care for newborn and families..
15. Apply knowledge and skills in providing care of neonate and their families
Course Outlines:
1. Recognizing the ill baby
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Assessment of the neonate
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Physical assessment
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Meeting the need of the ill baby and family
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Promoting family relationships.
2. Respiratory problem :
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Pathophysiology
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Commen respiratory problem
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What to anticipate in the neonate unite
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Parents
3. Trauma during birth
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Trauma during birth
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Haemorrhage
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Vitamin k deficiency bleeding
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Convulsion
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parents
4. congenital abnormalities
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communicating the news
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definition and causes
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prenatal screening and diagnosis
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chromosomal malformation
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abnormality relating to respiration
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congenital cardiac defect
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central nervous system abnormalities
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musculoskeletal deformity
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abnormality of the skin
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genitourinary system
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teratogenic causes
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support for the midwife
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The provision of neonatal care.
5. Jaundice and infection
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Jaundice
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Haemolytic jaundice
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Management of jaundice
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Neonatal infection
6. Metabolic and endocrine disorder
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Effect of maternal drug abuse/use during
pregnancy on newborn
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Metabolic disturbances in the newborn
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Inborn errors of metabolism in newborn
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Effect
of
maternal
drug
pregnancy on the newborn
Teaching and Learning Strategies:
 Lecture.
 Discussion
 Demonstration.
Evaluation:
 Attendance and participation
10%
 Quiz's
20%
 Midterm Exam
30%
 Final Exam
40%
100%
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Neonatology Course - Practice
Credit: One Credit Hours
Prerequist:
Placement:
Course Overview
The course provides the opportunity to apply theory to practice in caring for neonate .
The clinical practice is geared toward family centered health care. Its concern is care
of the newborn, The clinical focuses on traumatic care of children by enabling
students to be efficient practitioners, health educators, promoters and managers in the
field of neonatal ology health Also, to enable the student to be competent in dealing
with high risk neonate
The student will have the opportunity to care for risky newborns including
working in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
Course Objectives:
On completion of this clinical course, the students will be able to::
1. Demonstrate application of the nursing process in care of the child.
2. Demonstrate professional ability to utilize critical thinking in the various
clinical settings.
3. Demonstrate understanding of the different reactions of newborn and their
families to illness and hospitalization
4. Demonstrate understanding of the parent’s education regarding the heallth of
their neonate
5. Demonstrate the process of neonatal resuscitation.
6. Recognize common health problems related to physiological factors
7. Assess, plan and implement appropriate nursing care for individual neonate with
their families.
8. Assist in performing various nursing technique and activities.
9. Practice recording and reporting clearly, completely, and briefly.
10. Encourage parents to participate in their neonate care plan.
Teaching and Learning Strategies:
 Lecture.
 Discussion
 Demonstration.
 Group work
Evaluation:
 Assignment
 Final Exam
10%
30%
40%
40%
60%
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Assignment and Conferences
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