overview
In this course, midwifery and nursing professionals will acquire the necessary skills for neonatal intensive care (NICU).
content
- The physical environment of the ICU
- Delivery room
- Nursing care before and during the surgery
- Specifications of a healthy newborn and evaluation of vital organs
- Stability of infant transfer
- Infection control and common infections in newborns
- instability of infant temperature
- Examination of the neurological conditions in newborns
- Examination of the respiratory conditions in newborns
- Emotional support for the newborn
- Principles of the basic life support (BLS) for newborns in the delivery room
- Principles of the advanced life support (BLS) for newborns in the NICU
- Neonatal care after resuscitation
- Water and electrolyte control in the newborn and the related care
- Principles of fluid therapy and pharmacotherapy in infant nutrition
- Neonatal intensive care in the NICU
- Principles of neonatal monitoring in the NICU
- Management of neonatal pain and stress
- principles of the nursing process in examining and diagnosing neonatal diseases
- Principles of teaching infant care to the families
- Ethics in nursing care of infants with diseases and their families
Course Length
90 Hours (72 hours of theory + 18 hours of practice).