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Health professions degree in
Midwifery
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Medicine and Surgery

GENERAL, CLINICAL AND PEDIATRIC NURSING
cod. 1005049

Academic year 2019/20
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Barbara CASSANO
Academic discipline
Scienze infermieristiche generali, cliniche e pediatriche (MED/45)
Field
Scienze ostetriche
Type of training activity
Characterising
10 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
hub: -
course unit
in ITALIAN
lectures timetable unavailable
exam calls

Integrated course unit module: PRE-PERINATAL MEDICINE AND NEONATOLOGY

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Learning objectives

Knowledge and ability to understand the technical management and assistance to the newborn in intensive neonatal care, with particular attention to the recognition and interpretation of the language of the premature.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

The course aims to provide the student with the basic knowledge in the field of assistance to the newborn in Neonatal Intensive Care, with particular attention to the premature baby.

Full programme

1. Assistance to the newborn in Neonatal Intensive Care
Organization of the T.I.N.
Standard operating, safety and technological guidelines that characterize modern Neonatal Intensive Care.
Premature infant and premature parents

2. Technical management
Incubator, procedure bed, infant warmer
Thermoregulation and protection from light.
Vital parameters and monitor interpretation (FC, FR, Spo2, PA)
Skin color
Pain and assessment scales

3. Interpret and understand the language of the premature baby
The motor system, postures and movements
Signs of stability and instability
The containment of the newborn
Facilitation mode
The sleep-wake rhythm
The ability to adjust itself

4 Nutrition and preterm infant: assessment of neonatal oral motorial abilities
Evolutionary stages of the oral-motorial skills in the gestational phase
Feed with "Gavage": by gastric nose versus gastric oral
The transition from gavage to teat or breast
"Special" teats for "special" babies
5. Discharge of the premature baby.

Bibliography

The slides projected during the course and all the material used during the lessons, as guidelines and procedure, were made available to the students.

Teaching methods

Lectures with use of slides provided by the teacher.

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examination

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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Contacts

Toll-free number

800 904 084

Student registry office

E. segreteria.medicina@unipr.it
T. +39 0521 033700

Quality assurance office

Education manager:
Sandra Cavalca
T. +39 0521 034908
E.  didattica.dimec@unipr.it
E.  sandra.cavalca@unipr.it 

President of the degree course

Prof. Tullio GHI
E. tullio.ghi@unipr.it 

Faculty advisor

Dott.ssa Serena Neri
E. serena.neri@unipr.it

Career guidance delegate  

Dott.ssa Serena Neri
E. serena.neri@unipr.it

Director of Professionalising Teaching Activities (DADP)

Dott.ssa Serena Neri
E. serena.neri@unipr.it

Erasmus delegates

Prof.ssa Thelma Pertinhez
E. thelma.pertinhez@unipr
 

Quality assurance manager

Prof.ssa Paola Affanni
E. paola.affanni@unipr.it

Tutor

Dott.ssa Francesca Frati
E. francesca.frati@unipr.it 

Dott.ssa Martina Dardari
E. martina.dardari@unipr.it