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INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES (ILOS)

FOR UNDERGRADUATE PEDIATRIC NURSING COURSE

A-Knowledge and understanding

By the end of the course, the student should be able to:

1. Describe normal growth and development during infancy, childhood and adolescence.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of congenital diseases on children and their families.
3. Determine the nutritional requirements, how to be given and the most common nutritional disorders affecting infants and children, and appropriate nursing and medical management for disorders.
4. Describe the indications, contraindications, administration and precautions for the immunizations necessary for infants and children according to the national schedule and the condition of the child.
5. Recognize the most important behavioral issues during childhood and adolescence.
6. Describe appropriate measures for health promotion as well as prevention of diseases in infants, children and adolescents.
7. Formulate the nursing management priorities for both of normal newborn and high risk babies.

B- Intellectual skills:

By the end of the course, the student should be able to:    

1. Interpret the most important symptoms and signs of diseases in pediatric child.
2. Formulate appropriate nursing care planes for individual child presenting with the most common Pediatric disorders according to the child age.
3. Make decisions regarding common clinical situations using appropriate problem solving skills.

C- Professional and practical skills:

By the end of the course, the student should be able to:

1. Perform medical examination
2. Measure weight, length, height, circumference of the head, chest, and mid-arm for infants and children
3. Baby bath (tub bath- bed bath)
4. Restrain infants and children
5. Perform diaper care and cord care
6. Administer medications to infants and children
7. Feeding infants and children (bottle, gavage, gastrostomy feeding and assist mother in breast feeding)
8. Resuscitate newborn
9. Collect specimens (sputum, urine, stool)
10. Practice principles of infection control

D- General skills:

By the end of the course, the student should be able to:

1. Figure out strategies and nursing plans using the available community resources.
2. Use different models for assessing client needs, considering the child needs of the society.
3. Communicate effectively with children, adolescent and their families.
4. Demonstrate appropriate professional attitudes and behaviors in different practice situations.