learning Objectives - Demonstrate skills in providing comprehensive nursing care to the children having congenital defects/ malformation
Hours - 15
Teaching and Learning Activities - Lecture cum discussions Presentation of picture of congenital anomalies Supervised clinical practices
Assessment Methods - Short answers Objective type Essay type
Content of the chapter
Etiology, signs and symptoms,
diagnosis, complications and
medical, surgical & nursing
management of children with:
– Malformations of CNS, cranial
deformities, spina bifida,
hydrocephalus, cerebral palsy,
meningocoele.
– Skeletal defects, cleft lip &
cleft palate
– Gastro intestinal tract
defects, fistula, anorectal
malformations, hernia
– Congenital hypertrophied
pyloric stenosis
– Defects of Genito-urinary Tract
–hypospadiasis & epispadiasis,
extrophy of bladder,
phimosis & paraphimosis,
cryptorchidism, polycystic
kidney
– Sexual abnormalities,
ambiguous genitalia
– Defects of cardio vascular
system, cyanotic and
acyanotic- TOF (Tetralogy of
Fallouts), TGV (Transposition
of Great Vessels), TAPVC,
ASD, VSD, Coactation of
aorta, PDA
– Orthopedic abnormalities –
congenital talipusequinovarus,
congenital dislocation of hips
– Chromosomal abnormalities
– Down’s syndrome, Turner’s
syndrome.