MSc Paediatric Nursing

Degree

M.Sc

Duration

2 Years

Exam Type

Semester Wise

Annual Fees

Rs 10,000/- to Rs 4,00,000/-

Salary

Rs 3,00,000/- to Rs 14,00,000/- LPA

Job Roles

Nursing Superintendent, Manager Medical Advisor, Nurse, Nursing Educator etc

Government/ Public Institutions

Rs 5,000/- 

Rs 50,000/- 

Private Institutions

Rs 25,000 

Rs 1,50,000/- 

1

Introduction

• Historical development of Paediatrics and Paediatric Nursing in India;

• Status of child health in India;

• Trends in Paediatrics and Paediatric Nursing,

• Ethical and cultural issues in paediatric care

• National health policy for children, special laws and ordinances relating to children.

2

Assessment of paediatric clients

• History taking

• Developmental assessment

• Physical assessment

• Nutritional assessment

• Family assessment"

3

Hospitalized child

• Meaning of hospitalization of the child, preparation for hospitalization, effects of hospitalization on the child and family,

• Stressors and reactions related to developmental stages play activities for the ill hospitalized child.

• Nursing care of hospitalized child and family.

4

Pre-natal Paediatrics Nursing

• Embryological and fatal development

• Prenatal factors influence the growth and development of the foetus

• Genetic patterns of common paediatric disorders, chromosomal aberrations, genetic assessment and counselling legal and ethical aspects of genetic, screening and counselling role of a nurse in genetic counselling,

• Importance of prenatal care and the role of paediatric nurse

5

Growth and Development of children

• Principles of growth and development,

• Concepts and theories of growth and development,

• Developmental tasks and special needs from infancy to adolescence, developmental milestones,

• Assessment of growth and development of paediatric clients,

• Factors affecting growth and development."

6

Behavioural Paediatrics and Paediatric Nursing

• Parent-child relationship,

• Basic behavioural paediatric principles and specific behavioural paediatric concepts/ disorders- maternal deprivation, failure to thrive, child abuse, the battered child,

• Common behavioural problems and their management,

• Child guidance clinic

7

Preventive Paediatrics and Paediatric Nursing

• The concept aims scope and sphere of preventive paediatrics,

• Maternal health and its influence on child health antenatal aspects of preventive paediatrics,

• Immunization expanded the program on immunization/ universal immunization program and cold chain,

• National and international organizations related to child health,

• Nutrition/ nutritional requirements of children, changing patterns of feeding, baby-friendly initiative and exclusive breastfeeding,

• The triple M. complex,

• Health education/ nutritional education for children,

• Role of paediatric nurse in the hospital and community.

8

Neonatal Paediatrics and Paediatric Nursing

• Newborn baby- profile and characteristics of the newborn,

• Assessment of the newborn,

• Nursing care of the newborn at birth, care of the newborn and family,

• High-risk newborn- preterm and in term uterine- growth retarded babies,

• Identification and classification of care of neonates with infections, HIV & AIDS, Ophthalmic neonatorum, congenital syphilis.

• High risk of newborn, nursing management of high-risk newborn,

• Transport of sick new-borns

• Organization of neonatal care, services, neonatal intensive care unit, organization and management of nursing services in NICU.

9

Community Paediatrics and Paediatric Nursing

• National goals,

• Five-year plans,

• National health programs related to child health

1

Assessment and nursing intervention

• A child with respiratory disorders: Upper respiratory tract: choanal atresia, tonsillitis, epistaxis, aspiration.

• Lower respiratory tract: Bronchiolitis, Bronchopneumonia, Asthma, cystic fibrosis

• A child with gastro-intestinal disorders: Diarrheal diseases, gastro-oesophageal reflux.

• Hepatic disorders: Hepatitis, Indian childhood cirrhosis, liver transplantation. Malabsorption syndrome, Malnutrition.

• A child with renal/ urinary tract disorders: Nephrotic syndrome, Nephritis, recurrent UTI, Hydronephrosis, haemolytic-uremic syndrome, kidney transplantation

2

Intensive care for paediatric clients

• Resuscitation, stabilization & monitoring of paediatric patients

• Anatomical & physiological basis of critical illness in infancy and childhood

• Care of child requiring long-term ventilation

• Nutritional needs of a critically ill child

• Legal and ethical issues in paediatric intensive care

• Intensive care procedures, equipment and techniques

• Care of chronically ill patients

• Care of terminally ill child and parents

• Dealing with death and bereavement

• Care of IV lines, central lines, PIC etc.

• Chest physiotherapy, use of spirometers etc

• Physiotherapy for neurologically impaired child

3

Development disturbances and implications for nursing

• Adjustment reaction to school,

• Habit disorders, speech, disorders,

• Conduct disorders,

• Early infantile autism and childhood schizophrenia.

4

Challenged child and implications for nursing

• Physically challenged, causes, features, early detection & management

• Cerebral palsied child,

• Mentally challenged child.

• Training & rehabilitation of challenged children

5

Crisis and nursing intervention

• The hospitalized child

• Terminal illness & death during childhood and nursing intervention

6

Drugs commonly used in Paediatrics

• Criteria for dose calculation

• Administration of drugs, oxygen and blood (transfusion medicine)

• Adverse effects and drug interactions

7

Administration and management of paediatric care unit

• Design & layout

• Staffing

• Equipment, supplies, norms, standards

8

Education and training in Paediatric care

• Staff orientation, training and development

• In-service education program

• Clinical teaching programs

Job Profiles

• Nurse

• Nursing Educator (Hospital)

• Nursing Supervisor

• Assistant nursing superintendent

• Manager Medical Advisor

Average Salary

Rs 3,00,000/- to Rs 6,00,000/- LPA