Child Health Nursing
UNIT-I (15 Hrs.) • Introduction Modern concepts of childcare : Internationally accepted rights of the child , National policy and legislations in relation to child health and welfare , National programmes related to child health and welfare , Agencies related to welfare services to the children , Changing trends in hospital care preventive, promotive and curative aspects of child health, Child morbidity and mortality rates , Difference between adult and child, Hospital environment for a sick child, Impact of hospitalization on child and family, child health nurse in caring for a hospitalized child. UNIT-II (15 Hrs.) • The Healthy Child: Principles of growth and development, Factors affecting growth and Development, Growth and development from birth to adolescence, The needs of normal children through the stages of development and parental guidance, Nutritional needs of children &infants: Breast feeding , exclusive breast feeding supplementary /artificial feeding and weaning ,...