The assessment and management of a child with a rash, infection, or febrile illness is often not well understood and can be especially challenging. This seminar will provide nurses, and others who care for children, with the knowledge to assist in determining what may be causing a child’s rash, and how to manage any associated conditions.
Additionally, this interactive program will allow nurses to differentiate common, mild, and more serious infections that occur in children, and the assessment and ongoing management required. Case studies are included throughout the two-day program, involving conditions such as infectious rashes, non-infectious rashes, respiratory infections, neurological infections, and many more.
If you work with children regularly, or you are occasionally required to care for them, you will find this seminar to be essential learning. This seminar and this educator have been consistently highly evaluated and registrations are high, so book early to ensure your place.
8:30am - Registration and Refreshments
9:00am
In this introductory session, we will discuss the aims and objectives of the program. This will include a discussion of the question: “Why do children get so many infections?”
9:45am
Although a high fever alone is not reflective of serious illness, it is a cause for concern for an infant or child as it indicates that an infection is present. This session will review the definition of fever, look at the common causes, and explain more about febrile convulsions and its associated nursing management. Explore:
10:30am - Morning Tea
11:00am
Assessing a child with a rash requires a holistic approach that relies heavily on a nurse's general knowledge of paediatric care. Topics include:
11:30am
This session will review specific rashes, initially looking at those that are non-infectious, such as:
12:25pm - Lunch and Networking
1:25pm
Children cannot be immunised for all infections. In this session, you will learn about the signs, symptoms, and nursing care of a range of conditions for which there is no immunisation available. This includes:
2:25pm
Infections and conditions of the genito-urinary system can cause enormous discomfort to a child and can lead to serious problems. This session will look at the common causes of infections and conditions of the genito-urinary tract, including their clinical manifestation and related nursing care. Conditions include:
3:10pm - Afternoon Tea
3:40pm
Immunisation is a cornerstone of health promotion in infants and children. You will be brought up-to-date on some of the illnesses that immunisation can prevent. This session looks particularly at the following:
4:40pm - Close of Day One of Seminar
9:00am - Commencement of Day Two
9:00am
In this challenging, illustrated session, you will review some of the infectious conditions that attack the neurological system. This will include a revision of the nursing assessment of a child for meningitis and the action to take if you suspect the child has the condition. You will learn the characteristics of meningococcal disease, including reviewing examples of the rash that results from this serious condition. Topics include:
10:20am - Morning Tea
10:50am
Can you confidently identify a wheeze from stridor? Are all coughs a cause for concern – especially those that sound dreadful? Preserving respiratory function is vital for survival, and yet it is one of the most likely systems to become infected in childhood. In this session, you will consider a range of different respiratory infections and review their contemporary nursing care. It includes:
12:40pm - Lunch and Networking
1:40pm
Coughs, colds, and other respiratory tract infections are very common in children. This will be a continuation of the pre-lunch session and will include nursing management and interactive case studies.
2:40pm - Afternoon Tea and Coffee
3:10pm
Gastroenteritis is usually a short-acting condition that is very common in children. However, it can also be quite serious and even lethal. We will review this condition and discuss the appropriate nursing care, including:
4:10pm
What changes will you make in your practice as a result of attending this seminar? Have your objectives and goals been met? Take this opportunity to reflect on your new knowledge and how it will improve your practice.
4:20pm - Close of Seminar and Evaluations
Stephanie Dowden is a Paediatric Nurse Practitioner/Director at NursePrac Australia Pty Ltd.
No matter where nurses work, at some stage they are likely to be asked: “What infection or rash is that?” Many nurses have a good understanding of the infectious diseases and rashes that present in adulthood. However, childhood infections may not be so well understood. This program explains and discusses the conditions that cause childhood infections and rashes. It will be useful to a diverse range of nurses, assisting them in the early identification and care of sick children.
This program provides nurses with continuing professional development that examines and explains childhood infections and rashes. It will discuss different types of infections and rashes, including how to assess the child, and how to administer and prioritise best-practice nursing care.
21 - 22 Jun 2021
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