,Course outline
• Definition
• Principles of paediatric nursing
• Review of the normal growth and developmental milestones in
childhood
• Effects of illness and hospitalisation on children: biological, physical,
social, psychological
,Etiology, pathophysiology, manifestations, diagnosis, management
and prognosis of:
• Pneumonia
• Diarrhoeal diseases
• Otitis media
• Anemia
• Tonsilitis
• Laryngotracheobronchitis
, • Streptococcal sore throat
• Rheumatic heart diseases
• Meningococcal meningitis
• Neonatal tetanus
• Juvenile diabetes mellitus
• Malignancy in children: wilm’s tumour, retinoblastoma