There is currently no single model of primary care nurse, since depending on the needs of each health center, allowing different forms, from “Pediatric Nurse” dedicated to the public sector nurses involved the whole family or who have only specific activities, eg vaccination, as performed by nurses who belong to a group of school health.
Given that for each query of Pediatrics, there are three or four of General Medicine, we see that the health professionals involved in the adult population are compared to the pediatric overwhelming. This affects everything from the representation in the organs of Public Health to ignorance on the part of the professional activities undertaken in the Council of Pediatric Health Centers and even less on how the nurse Pediatrics has activities to achieve common goals based on certain programs and protocols.
Functions of pediatric nursing:
The professional activity of the pediatric nurse is directed to the promotion of health and prevention in childhood and adolescence, which is important for teamwork with the pediatrician, establishing unified criteria, agree in substance and form and a dedicated to the pediatric population.
Among the activities conducted by the pediatric nursing are:
- The program of healthy children
- In infants aged 0-2 years: Weight, size, PC, food, health, psychomotor development, general care and vaccinations.
- In the school years 3-14: Weight, height, TA, food, optotipos adaptation school vaccination.
- Promotion of breastfeeding support with a special follow-up for mothers who opt for this mode.
- Prevention of eating disorders: Control weight, improve eating habits, exercise etc..
- Vaccination of children (0 – 16 years).
- Accident Zainbide under program guidelines.
- Prevention of child abuse.
- Support for the medical
- Handling of inhaler devices and cameras.
- Cures and dressings.
- Reduced vision screening (optotipos).
- Collection of samples (smears).
- Collection of urine samples for labstix and Urocultive (bag).
- Application of liquid nitrogen in TTO., Papilloma and warts vulgares (Cryotherapy).
The child care also involves:
- Two-way contacts with schools in relation to: Capturing deficiencies (vision, hearing, language, etc.)..
- Vaccination campaigns ordinary and extraordinary.
- Talks aimed at students and teachers on nutrition, accidents and so on.
- Collaboration with institutions (municipality, county etc.) Issues: social and family problems.