Part II of the Nursing Children series by Dr Donegan.
This is a second level lecture. Participants must have attended Part I – FEVER is your FRIEND – Nursing People Supportively Through Acute Viral Illness or have studied the booklet ‘Nursing Children Supportively through Acute Illness’
If you attend without the above do appreciate that you will be missing some concepts and will need to remedy that later by attending the FEVER lecture afterwards – it is repeated every 4-6 weeks as it is so important.
Having learned about the root cause of infectious diseases and correct fever management in Part I, this lecture aims to enable parents to understand the mechanisms of common specific conditions, some of which are more chronic than the acute fever stage:
• The appropriate management,
• When to engage the services of health professionals and
• What to expect when they do.
Part one
*What does a child need to be healthy?
*Brief revision of management of acute fevers and General Measures
*Cough/ colds – post nasal drip, night cough vs asthma, respiratory syncytial virus and wheeze. What is the worst that can happen?
*Pneumonia – how to spot it and what to do.
*Ears -acute middle ear infection, glue ear, wax.
*Sore throats, tonsils, indications for tonsillectomy.
*Diarrhoea and Vomiting
Part two
*Constipation, nutritional, emotional
*Abdominal pain,
surgical vs non surgical,
grumbling appendix,
abdominal migraine
*Conjunctivitis – eye toilet
*Styes and emotion
*Dry eyes
*Croup
*Blocked sinuses
*Plenary
13 Oct 2026 Tuesday Evening. * ONLINE LECTURE * To book https://events.humanitix.com/nursing-children-supportively-specific-conditions-afc2bv4v