Nursing Care in Child Primary Health Care
Code: 106131 ECTS Credits: 3| Degree | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | OT | 4 |
Contact
- Name:
- Juan Antonio del Oso Moran
- Email:
- juan.deloso@uab.cat
Teaching groups languages
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Prerequisites
There are no established prerequisites, but it is recommended to have passed the subject "Nursing in Children, Adolescence and Women".
Objectives and Contextualisation
Its general objectives are:
- The study of the child from birth to adolescence. Emphasizing the development of the child and adolescent in health situations.
- Apply the main nursing tools that contribute to the improvement of nursing practice in Primary Health Care and School Care.
Specifically, the following objectives will be worked on:
- Plan the care process for the people being cared for, following one of the models of human needs, applying the stages of the care process.
- Describe the different health education models most used in the field of health, identifying the objective or objectives that it wants to achieve according to the model used.
- Select the most appropriate care plans that allow intervention on the stress of the Child and the family in the face of illness. Interventions and activities must be based on evidence so that they are considered the most appropriate.
- Analyze the interventions proposed in the care plan, justifying their relevance to the selected care model.
Competences
- Act with ethical responsibility and respect for fundamental rights and duties, diversity and democratic values.
- "Demonstrate an understanding of people without prejudice: consider physical, psychological and social aspects, as independent individuals; ensure that their opinions, values and beliefs are respected and guarantee their right to privacy, through trust and professional secrecy."
- Demonstrate knowledge of the ethical and deontological code of Spanish nursing and what is understood by ethical health implications in a changing world context.
- Design systems for curing aimed at people, families or groups and evaluate their impact, making any necessary changes.
- Establish efficient communication with patients, family members, social groups and friends, and promote education for health.
- Make changes to methods and processes in the area of knowledge in order to provide innovative responses to society's needs and demands.
- Offer technical and professional health care and that this adequate for the health needs of the person being attended, in accordance with the current state of scientific knowledge at any time and levels of quality and safety established under the applicable legal and deontological rules.
- Promote and respect the right to participation, information, autonomy and informed consent in decision-making by the patient, in accordance with the way they are experiencing the health-illness process.
- Promote healthy life styles, self-treatment, giving support to the maintenance of preventative and therapeutic conducts.
- Protect the health and welfare of people or groups attended guaranteeing their safety.
- Take sex- or gender-based inequalities into consideration when operating within one's own area of knowledge.
Learning Outcomes
- Analyse situations of nursing care relating to ethical approaches.
- Apply knowledge of physiopathology and factors affecting health in nursing care.
- Communicate using non-sexist and non-discriminatory language.
- Describe specific nursing care that favours the adaptation of new-borns and the prevention of complications.
- Describe the most common health changes in children and adolescents, their manifestations (changing needs) and the nursing care to be employed for these health problems.
- Identify elements that could place at risk the health of people in relation to the use and management of medicaments.
- Identify nursing care actions that respect the principles of ethical responsibility, fundamental rights and responsibilities, diversity and democratic values.
- Identify the characteristics of professional humanistic practice.
- Identify the characteristics of the care relationship which allow for person-centred care.
- Identify the skills and strategies that are effective in interventions aimed at the promotion of health and prevention of illness taking into account the resources, values and beliefs of the people, families and groups.
- Propose measures to ensure respect for opinions, beliefs and values without passing value judgements.
- Propose new methods or alternative solutions that have a firm basis, and are innovative and creative.
- Recognise situations of risk to life.
- Reflect on the right to information and participation ensuring autonomy of decision-making and the confidentiality of information.
Content
INTRODUCTION
This subject aims to introduce the student to taking care of children in Primary Health Care (APS). Broadly speaking, the health situation of the population of Catalonia is currently characterized by a life expectancy that is among the highest in the world. Habits and lifestyles have improved in relation to smoking, the use of safety features in cars and motorbikes and the performance of preventive activities (control of blood pressure, measurement of cholesterol levels, performing mammograms and cytology or flu vaccination). However, there are important areas for improvement, especially those in which we have not progressed, such as physical activity, healthy eating or maintaining an appropriate weight. In the case of young people, the importance of smoking and excessive consumption of alcohol and drugs, unsafe sexual habits and gender violence, as well as eating disorders, is of concern.
Currently, a child is understood as "every human being below the age of 18 years unless, under the law applicable to him or her, majority is attained earlier" (Article 1 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF 1996). The Convention on the Rights of the Child states the following: "All children shall be free from discrimination. To develop physically and mentally in freedom and with dignity. To have a name and a nationality. To have access to adequate nutrition, housing, recreation and health services. To receive special treatment, if they have any disability. To receive love, understanding and material security. To receive education to develop their capacities. To be the first to receive protection in the event of disasters. To be protected from neglect, cruelty and exploitation. To be educated in the spirit of friendship among peoples". (United Nations General Assembly 1989).
In our environment, nursing care for children is based on:
- A widespread dissemination of the concept of health.
- A permanent influence of socioeconomic conditions on the situation of children and adolescents.
- A very important development of healthcare from a technological and organizational perspective.
In our environment we have the Healthy Child Health Plan, which is part of the Health Plan of Catalonia 2021-2025, and aims to guarantee the healthy development of children from a comprehensive, equitable and community perspective.
This Plan has the following main objectives:
- Promotion of health from birth: promoting healthy habits from the first years of life and, supporting families in raising and health education.
- Reduction of inequalities in child health: special attention to vulnerable groups and, equitable access to health and prevention services.
- Improving vaccination coverage and early detection: ensuring that children aged 0 to 14 are correctly vaccinated and, strengthening screening and development monitoring programs.
- Emotional well-being and child mental health: prevention of emotional and behavioral problems and, support for families and schools to detect and manage difficulties.
- Healthy and safe environments: promotion of school and community spaces that promote physical and emotional health and, prevention of environmental and social risks.
The need to specifically instruct nurses in caring for children is parallel to the development of pediatric consultations in primary health care. Pediatric nursing is defined as "the provision of care or taking care of children and adolescents to promote the balance of basic needs in relation to health, illness and death".
On the other hand, research in pediatric nursing is framed within this field of study. Nursing research is that which increases knowledge within the scope of the object of nursing, such as studies of the level of modification of the basic needs of a child with health problems depending on the degree of development.
CONTENTS
- General aspects of nursing care for infants, children, adolescents and the family in primary care.
- Healthy Child Consultation. Protocol for preventive and health promotion activities in pediatric age.
- Immunizations in Children and Adolescents.
- Guide to Good Practices in Nursing for Breastfeeding (IHAN and BPSO).
- Pediatric nursing care for children in situations of chronic illness.
SKILLS
- Child emergencies and emergencies in Primary Health Care.
- Immunizations
Activities and Methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| PRACTICES OF ADVANCED CLINICAL SKILLS | 6 | 0.24 | 2, 3, 9, 11, 13, 14 |
| THEORI | 20 | 0.8 | 1, 2, 3, 5, 4, 6, 7, 9, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| PUBLIC EXHIBITION OF CLINICAL CASES | 5 | 0.2 | 1, 2, 3, 5, 4, 7, 9, 10 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| ELABORATION OF WORK / PERSONAL STUDY / READING OF ARTICLES | 44 | 1.76 | 1, 2, 3, 5, 4, 6, 7, 9, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 |
The methodology used will be:
- Expository classes with the purpose of explaining the most current evidence, clarifying doubts and relating concepts where students have greater difficulty.
- Group presentations: realization and presentation of a pediatric nursing clinical situation in the field of childhood, adolescence in care situations in primary health care.
- Practices of advanced clinical skills and clinical simulation of cases: in order to carry out certain procedures and the application of different protocols, and clinical guidelines to attend to children in pediatric nursing consultations in Primary Health Care.
- Individualized tutoring: specific tutoring can be specified by contacting the teacher beforehand by e-mail via Moodle.
For this subject, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively in support tasks, as a complementary method in bibliographic or information searches, text correction or translations. The student must clearly identify which parts have been generated with this technology, specify the tools used and include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and the final result of the activity. The lack of transparency in the use of AI in this assessable activity will be considered a lack of academic honesty and may lead to a partial or total penalty in the grade of the activity, or greater sanctions in serious cases.
Note: 15 minutes of a class will be set aside, within the calendar established by the center/degree, for students to fill in the teacher performance and subject evaluation surveys /module.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Assessment
Continous Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXAME | 50% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 5, 4, 6, 9, 8, 10 |
| PRACTICES OF ADVANCED CLINICAL SKILLS | 15% | 0 | 0 | 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 |
| WRITTEN WORKS | 35% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 5, 4, 7, 9, 8, 10, 11, 12 |
This subject does not provide for the single assessment system
The assessment system is organized into several assessment activities distributed throughout the course:
- Realization and presentation of a pediatric nursing clinical situation (represents 20% of the final grade), in the field of childhood and adolescence in situations of altered normality. This activity is group. The evaluation process will be through 2 formative evaluation rubrics: a written presentation rubric and an oral presentation rubric.
- Written test that represents 50% of the final grade of the subject. This test assesses the ability to apply knowledge in the care of healthy children, as well as to organize and integrate ideas and information.
- Advanced clinical skills practices (PHCAs). The previous preparation, attendance, attitude and participation of the students will be assessed, as well as the preparation of supporting notes. It will be evaluated using a formative evaluation rubric. They represent 15% of the final grade of the subject.
- Completion of a written work related to pediatric nursing practice in primary care carried out under an intersectionality analysis and from a gender perspective. It represents 15% of the final grade of the subject.
OBTAINING THE FINAL QUALIFICATION:
The requirement for obtaining the final grade through continuous assessment is to have attended all the assessed parts and to have passed them with a grade of 5 or higher.
Students who have not completed all of the advanced clinical skills practices (PHCAs), or who have not completed the written test, will be considered non-evaluable through continuous assessment.
In order to participate in the recovery process, the student must have previously been assessed in a set of activities whose weight is equivalent to a minimum of 55% of the subject's total grade. To participate in the recovery process, the student must have obtained a minimum grade of 3.5 in the average of the subject. PHCAs, due to their eminently practical nature, are not recoverable.
The final grade of the subject will be the weighted average of the different parts that make it up.
According to agreement 4.4 of the Governing Council 17/11/2010 of the evaluation regulations, the grades will be:
From 0 to 4.9 = Suspension
From 5.0 to 6.9 = Passed
From 7.0 to 8.9 = Remarkable
From 9.0 to 10 = Excellent
From 9.0 to 10 Honors Matriculation (will be awarded to those students who have obtained the best total grades greater than or equal to 9, within the quota of 5% of students enrolled in the subject).
The student has the right to review the evaluations. For this purpose, the date will be determined on the virtual campus.
The assessment of special and particular situations will be assessed by an assessment committee set up for that purpose.
Bibliography
In line with the methodology used, independent resolution of clinical cases based on theory and, given that one of the general skills that the student is expected to acquire is that of developing strategies for independent learning, no bibliography is specified. The student must become competent in the search and management of information.
Software
Bibliographic Manager: Mendeley
Groups and Languages
Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.
| Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (TE) Theory | 301 | Catalan | annual | afternoon |
| (TE) Theory | 501 | Catalan | annual | morning-mixed |
| (TE) Theory | 601 | Catalan | annual | morning-mixed |