Essentials of Nursing Children with a Tracheostomy

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  • Location: Online
  • Time: 3-4 hours weekly
  • Duration: 10 weeks
  • Application Deadline: View course provider schedule

About the course

This course aims to introduce healthcare professionals caring for children with tracheostomy, to essential knowledge and skills. An assessment of clinical skills competence in the participants clinical setting is recommended.

Course Content

  • An introduction to nursing children with tracheostomy
  • Regul8 - A framework to guide nursing care
  • Engaged Mother Child Interaction
  • The what, when and how of tracheostomies
  • Vitals signs
  • Pain assessment and management
  • Process of care - Pre-op and immediately post-op
  • Day to day care of a child in hospital with a tracheostomy
  • Empowering the principle caregiver
  • Long-term care of a child with a tracheostomy

Registration

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Essentials of Nursing Children with a Tracheostomy

 

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Price: R4,900.00