Child and maternal health nurse
What does a child health nurse do?
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Once you’re home with your newborn baby, your local child health nurse can be a great source of support for you as a parent. As well as offering advice, the nurse will also check your baby’s growth and development. Child health nurse services are free for families with children up to the age at which they start school.
What is a child health nurse?
A child and family health nurse is a registered nurse with extra qualifications in child and family health nursing. Most are also registered midwives (in Victoria, all child health nurses are midwives).
Child and family health nurses are also known as 'maternal and child health nurses' (in Victoria), 'community health nurses' (in Western Australia) and 'child health nurses' (in Queensland).
Meeting your child health nurse
In many parts of Australia, your maternity hospital or midwife will tell your local child health clinic about your new baby. The nurse will probably contact you a week or 2 after you've returned home to make an appointment for the first visit. Often this first visit is at your home.
In the ACT and Queensland, or if you move to a new area with a young child, you may need to get in touch with the service yourself. Contact your local council or health service, or follow the links below to find a local service.
You can also call Pregnancy Birth and Baby on 1800 822 436 to speak to a maternal child health nurse.
What does a child health nurse do?
Your child and family health nurse will usually offer:
- regular health check-ups for your baby to assess their growth and development
- advice and support to help you care for your baby when it comes to:
- breastfeeding
- getting your baby to sleep
- washing your baby
- immunisation
- support if you feel anxious or emotional
- support or referral for postnatal anxiety or postnatal depression
- an invitation to meet with a parents' group, so you can connect, and share experiences, with other parents in your area
Every newborn receives an Infant Health Record from the hospital or birth centre where they're born. This book is often referred to by a colour, such as the 'blue book' or 'green book'. Its colour will depend on the state in which you live.
Your child's health and development information is recorded in this book. You should always bring your child's Infant Health Record to appointments with your child health nurse or any health professional, such as your doctor.
Child health nurses provide ongoing care
Your child and family health nurse can schedule health check visits until your child reaches school age. At these visits, the nurse will check that your child is reaching major developmental milestones. As your child grows, you might discuss issues such as crawling and walking, toilet training, play, tantrums and speech.
If your baby's development seems delayed, your nurse may suggest a visit to your doctor or other health professional — for example, a speech pathologist for speech delays.
You can also visit the nurse at other times; for example, if you have any concerns or difficulties, or you want to weigh your baby.
If your baby is sick, it is best to see your doctor if you can. If you can't or they're not available, see your child health nurse.
For more information
To find your local child health service, go to:
- Australian Capital Territory — Maternal and Child Health (MACH) Nursing Service
- New South Wales — NSW child and family health nursing services
- Queensland — Child and baby health clinics
- South Australia — Child and Family Health Centres
- Tasmania — Child Health Centres
- Northern Territory — Child Health Services
- Victoria — Maternal and Child Health Service
- Western Australia — Community Child Health Program
Sources:
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (The National Framework for Universal Child and Family Health Services), Department of Health WA (Community child health nurses), BMC Health Services Research (Accessing maternal and child health services in Melbourne Australia), Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne (Maternal and child health services fact sheet), Raising Children Network (Child and family health nurse), Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (Child Health Service for children from birth to eight years), ACT Government Health (Maternal and Child Health MACH), NSW Government Health (Child and family health - Frequently asked questions)Learn more here about the development and quality assurance of healthdirect content.
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Maternal and child health services
Maternal and Child Health (MCH) services are transitioning back to normal operations after the temporary prioritisation of services in metropolitan Melbourne.
Your local council will be in touch to arrange your next appointment, although please make contact if you have urgent concerns.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact our healthcare workforce, including staff furloughs due to positive cases or isolation requirements. This means some MCH services may not be able to deliver the full range of services and consultations at times and will need to prioritise care during these periods. There are a range of alternative supports available, which are outlined in the below information.
The Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Service works in partnership with Victorian families to care for babies and children until they start school. It is a free service which includes visits to a local maternal and child health nurse at 10 key ages and stages in your child’s development. Additional visits are offered as well as first time parenting groups and links to local community activities and support services. Extra 24-hour telephone support is available from the Maternal and Child Health Line (Tel. 13 22 29).
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to have significant impacts across health services and Victorian communities.
Maternal and Child Health (MCH) services, including those in Metropolitan Melbourne and some regional areas, are experiencing significant workforce pressures and shortages, combined with increased service demand.
Please refer to the 'Information for parents with infants and young children' document below for details of COVID-19 temporary change to MCH services.
Maternal and child health centres throughout Victoria
Maternal and child health centres operate in local communities and are usually funded by state and local governments. Some centres may be managed by local councils while others are managed by health services. Centres are staffed by highly qualified maternal and child health nurses.
List of Victorian Maternal and child health centres.
What maternal and child health centres provide
Maternal and child health nurses will work with your family to help you care for your child until they are ready to start school.
You will visit your nurse at 10 key ages and stages in your child’s development.
These local centre visits will help identify any issues and concerns so that steps can be taken in early childhood to deal with them.
Maternal and child health nurses can:
- give information, support and advice on a variety of topics (including parenting, development and learning, child health, family health and wellbeing, safety, immunisation, breastfeeding, nutrition and family planning)
- monitor your child’s growth and development in a series of one-on-one consultations at specific times in your child’s early years
- help with sleeping, feeding and behaviour problems
- organise parents’ groups where you can get information and have the chance to meet other parents in the local area
- tell you about other local support services
- organise additional activities based on your family’s needs (for example, arranging home visits when you are unable to visit a centre)
- help to contact specialist services if necessary (such as early parenting centres)
- offer additional support and services to families experiencing difficulties.
The Aboriginal MCH program helps provide better health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families by offering them the choice of accessing MCH services at their local Aboriginal community controlled organisation. This supports the delivery of services that are welcoming, respectful and safe, and strengthens self-determination in Aboriginal organisations.
Current providers of Aboriginal MCH services are:
- Albury Wodonga Aboriginal Health Service
- Bendigo and District Aboriginal Cooperative
- Bubup Wilam Aboriginal Child and Family Centre
- Gunditjmara Aboriginal Cooperative
- Mallee District Aboriginal Service Mildura
- Mallee District Aboriginal Service Swan Hill
- Murray Valley Aboriginal Cooperative
- Njernda Aboriginal Corporation
- Ramahyuck District Aboriginal Corporation
- Wathaurong Aboriginal Cooperative Ltd
Your local maternal and child health service will be a great source of support after your baby is born. The hospital will notify your local service and a maternal and child health nurse will contact you during your first days at home to arrange an appointment. This is usually a visit in your home.
During the home visit, the nurse will give you the location of your nearest centre, information about further visits and services, and how to contact a maternal and child health nurse at any time.
How often should I visit?
You will be asked to see your maternal and child health nurse at 10 key ages and stages in your child’s health, learning and development. These include:
- following discharge from hospital (home visit)
- two weeks
- four weeks
- eight weeks
- four months
- eight months
- one year
- 18 months
- two years
- three and a half years.
Families can access the service at other times by telephone or through a centre visit. Most centres offer a range of times when families can access the service. They typically operate through scheduled appointments, open consultation sessions and some after-hours appointments.
Don't forget your 'green book'
When your baby was born, you should have received a copy of My Health, Learning and Development – green book. This book belongs to you and your baby and is full of information about early child development, and services and support.
Always take it with you when you visit your nurse, doctor's surgery or dentist, and get health professionals to complete entries after each visit. It should also be used to record immunisations.
Each time you see your maternal and child health nurse jot down any issues or concerns and fill out the sections on your child's growth and development. If you keep it up to date, it will become an important family record from birth to adolescence.
If you don't have a 'green book', let your nurse know.
Maternal and Child Health Line after-hours service
Victorian families can obtain extra support by calling the Maternal and Child Health Line (Tel. 13 22 29). This is a 24-hour telephone service staffed by qualified maternal and child health nurses.
The telephone line provides over-the-phone information, advice and referral to all families with young children.
Interpreters are available through the Translating Interpreter Service. Hearing and speech impaired callers can connect to the National Relay Service (NRS).
Get the maternal and child health app on your phone
Download the free maternal and child health app (MCH App) to access all your child’s health and information on your mobile device. Track your child’s growth and get reminders about upcoming maternal and child health nurse appointments or immunisations.
Giving CPR to babies and young children
We all want to keep our children safe no matter how old or young they are. Learning first-aid is a good skill to have so we can help our babies and others if they need urgent care.
Our fact sheet and videos, produced with Ambulance Victoria, show you what to do, where to get help, how to perform CPR and where to learn more about first-aid training.
Where to get help
- Your local maternal and child health service
- Your GP (doctor)
- Maternal and Child Health Line Tel: 13 22 29 – available 24 hours a day for the cost of a local call throughout Victoria
- Parentline Tel. 13 22 89
- Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National) Tel.131 450 – available (24 hours, 7 days a week) for callers who speak other languages.
- National Relay Service (24 hours a day, every day) – Speak and listen Tel: 1300 555 727, TTY Tel: 133 677, SMS relay Tel: 0423 677 767. Captioned, internet and video relay calls are also available through this service.
Nursing and manipulation technique
•human anatomy and physiology, physiological and pathological processes occurring in the body, including in different age periods;
• main symptoms of various diseases in adults and children, clinical course and complications of diseases;
•methods of examining patients;
•methods and techniques of general and differentiated care for patients in different age periods, including newborns and infants;
•dispensary groups of patients with various clinical pathologies;
• nursing techniques, basic resuscitation;
• main dosage forms, pharmacological groups and pharmacotherapeutic action of drugs, routes of administration of drugs, their dosage and side effects, features of the use of drugs storage and accounting of medicines;
• system of organization of therapeutic, pediatric, surgical, sanitary-epidemiological, neurological, psychiatric, dermatovenereological services, treatment and preventive care for children, modern methods of family planning;
• labor protection rules.
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tats; determine electrocardiographic signs of myocardial infarction;
•organize and provide differentiated care for patients in a medical institution and at home;
• monitor the patient's condition, evaluate and timely diagnose its deterioration;
•provide first aid in case of emergency, perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation, transport patients;
• take delivery in extreme situations;
•prepare instruments for treatment and diagnostic procedures, assist the doctor during surgical interventions and complex manipulations;
•organize patient care, carry out dispensary observation and rehabilitation of the patient;
• take care of healthy and sick children;
•provide medical and protective and sanitary and anti-epidemic regime in medical facilities, at the place of work and residence of patients;
•conduct classes on family planning, promotion of breastfeeding;
• carry out anti-epidemic measures in the focus of infection;
• draw up approved medical documentation, keep statistical records.
1.3. INTERNATIONAL NURSINGS
ORGANIZATIONS
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NURSES (ICN)
The Nursing Organization claims to be the oldest international professional women's association. The International Council of Nurses is the largest organization in the world. The idea of creating a council was first put forward in 1899 d. At the first stage, the established organization included representatives of nursing committees from nine countries.
The main idea behind the creation of the ICN was the self-assertion of nurses in order to raise
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standards of education and professional ethics. From the very beginning, this council focused on the training of nurses, their social and economic well-being.
ICN is now a federation of national nursing associations 39countries. It is associated with the World Health Organization, the International Labor Organization, UNESCO, the International Committee of the Red Cross, etc.
ICN provides assistance to national nursing associations, advises them on the development and improvement of health services, nursing practice, organizes and maintains communication and cooperation with other international organizations, represents nurses at the international level.
Where possible, ICN seeks common approaches to education and practice around the world. An example is the ICN Code of Ethics, which applies equally to every country.
CODE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NURSES
Ethical principles of nursing. The main duties assigned to the nurse are:
•preserve health;
• prevent disease;
• restore health;
• relieve suffering.
Nursing implies respect for life, dignity and human rights. It has no restrictions on national or racial grounds, religion, skin color, age, gender, political or social status.
Nurses provide health care to individuals, families and the community and coordinate with other groups.
Nurse and patient. The main responsibility of the nurse is to those who need her help. In providing care, the nurse tries to create an atmosphere of respect for the values, customs and spiritual beliefs of the patient. The nurse keeps the received confidential information.
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Nurse and practice. The nurse has a personal responsibility for the implementation of nursing practice and for continuous professional development. The nurse strives to perform at the highest level possible in a given situation. She makes informed decisions within her competence, gives orders and carries out assignments.
In the performance of professional duties, a nurse must behave at all times in a manner that does not undermine the credibility of the profession.
Nurse and society. The nurse, like other citizens, is responsible for the implementation and support of measures aimed at meeting public health needs.
Nurse and staff. The nurse cooperates with other nurses and with those with whom she has to work in other areas. She takes the necessary measures for the safety of the patient if there is a threat to his life.
Nurse and her profession. The nurse takes an active part in the development of professional knowledge. Working in a professional organization, she participates in the development and maintenance of fair social and economic working conditions.
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)
WHO is coordinated by an executive committee appointed by the Director-General. The working body, the secretariat, includes representatives of all health professions, including nurses. WHO activities are funded by contributions from member countries on the basis of a scale approved by the World Health Assembly. The governing body of WHO is the General Assembly. Delegates of all member countries participate in its work, it meets annually. The United States is the first country to include a nurse in its delegation to the assembly.
Some countries now also include nurses on their delegations.
The First Assembly planned to include nurses only in specialized groups on such problems as malaria, tuberculosis, venereal diseases, maternal and child health. In the years that followed, nurses gained more recognition in the world, and in 1949 a consultant nurse was appointed to WHO headquarters, and a Committee of Experts on Nursing was charged with considering the establishment of a nursing help service in all areas. the world. Since then, nursing has become an integral part of most WHO programs.
WHO services are divided into three groups:
• assistance to national governments on health problems;
• provision of a number of health services;
• Support and coordination of international health research.
WHO also provides fellowships, usually short-term, to enable health workers to study in other countries.
Internationally, WHO, in cooperation with Member States, collects and disseminates epidemiological information, develops and administers international quarantine legislation, develops a unified system of health statistics, promotes the development of drug standards, and establishes international vaccination programs.
WHO provides assistance in virtually all areas of nursing: nursing education, organization of hospital and community health nursing services, mental health, maternal and child health.
Another activity of WHO is the sponsorship, sometimes in collaboration with other agencies, of regional conferences and seminars, in addition, WHO nursing staff work on special projects in different countries.
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To provide medical care to the population in our
the republic has created a wide network of various medical and professional
lactic institutions. According to their functions and tasks, they are
are divided into hospitals; polyclinic
decisions; medical units; ambulance stations -
Qing aid; institutions for the protection of motherhood and childhood;
sanatorium-type institutions.
Hospitals (hospitals, hospitals) pre-
prescribed for the treatment of patients in a hospital setting
(from Latin stationarius - standing, motionless). Here we are -
emergency medical assistance is provided, as well as assistance to the
for patients requiring constant monitoring or
the use of treatments that are impossible or difficult
outpatients - at home or in polycli-
nike (operations, frequent intravenous, intramuscular and
other injections and other manipulations).
There are monoprofile (specialized) steel
cyons intended for the treatment of patients with
or one disease (e.g. tuberculosis), and multiple
goprofile - hospitals, which include various
departments (e.g. surgical, neurological,
therapeutic, etc.).
The structure of a hospital usually includes a reception department -
medical and diagnostic departments, medical departments, pharmacy,
catering unit, etc. Functional duties of the medical
nurses in the hospital depend on the profile of the department and special-
details of her work in it (nurse of the admissions department -
surgery department, treatment room,
ward nurse, etc. ).
Medical and prophylactic institutions of polyclinic
type - these are polyclinics and outpatient clinics, dispensaries.
Polyclinic - multidisciplinary treatment and prophylactic
institution intended for the provision of medical
patient care, including specialized care;
if necessary - for the examination and treatment of patients in
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Doctors of various profiles are receiving at the polyclinic
(physicians, surgeons, ophthalmologists, otolaryngologists, cardiologists
, etc.), as well as diagnostic rooms
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(endoscopic, radiological, functional diagnostics rooms), laboratory, physiotherapy department, treatment room.
The main principle of the polyclinic is territorial-district. The territory served by the polyclinic is divided into sections, which are assigned to the district doctor and the district nurse, with a certain number of people.
The local doctor and nurse are responsible for all medical and preventive measures in the area.
In addition, great importance is attached to the medical examination of the population.
Clinical examination is the organization of systematic monitoring of the health of the population, the study of working and living conditions, the identification of patients with chronic diseases.
The district nurse of the polyclinic helps the doctor during the reception of patients, maintains various documentation, explains to patients how to collect this or that material for laboratory research, how to prepare for instrumental and X-ray studies, fills out statistical coupons, referral forms for research, makes appointments a doctor at home, if necessary, teaches the patient's relatives the elements of caring for him.
In addition to district doctors, the polyclinic has procedural nurses, nurses in physiotherapy rooms, etc. Currently, first aid rooms operate in polyclinics: here a nurse measures the patient's body temperature and blood pressure.
An outpatient clinic is a medical institution that, like a polyclinic, provides medical care to patients. The work of the outpatient clinic is based on the district-territorial principle, but unlike the polyclinic, there is a smaller amount of medical care here. Outpatient clinics are located, as a rule, in rural areas, they usually employ no more than five doctors.
The work of an outpatient nurse resembles the work of a district nurse in a polyclinic, but
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requires even greater independence and responsibility from her.
The medical unit is a complex of medical and preventive institutions intended for medical care for workers and employees of industrial enterprises, transport and other organizations. Their activities are based on the principle of shop division. The structure of medical units can be different: they may include a polyclinic or an outpatient clinic, a hospital, health centers, a dental clinic, a dispensary, sanatoriums, children's health camps, etc.
The functions of the health units are varied. In addition to providing outpatient medical care, treating patients in a hospital, employees of the medical unit carry out a lot of work on dispensary monitoring of the health of workers and employees through systematic preventive examinations, identify people suffering from chronic diseases, and treat all those who are ill on an outpatient basis or in a hospital.
The health center is not an independent medical and prophylactic institution, but is usually part of a polyclinic or medical unit of an enterprise. Distinguish between medical and feldsher health centers. The medical staff of the health center (doctor, paramedic, nurse) provides pre-medical and first aid, performs the necessary procedures prescribed by the doctor of the clinic or medical unit (injections, dressings), vaccinates, and performs sanitary and educational work.
District (shop) doctors and nurses, paramedics of health centers study the working conditions of workers and employees directly at the workplace, identify occupational hazards and take part in the development of a set of preventive measures aimed at improving working and living conditions for employees of the enterprise.
Ambulance stations are medical institutions designed to provide round-the-clock emergency medical care to patients at the pre-hospital stage in all life-threatening conditions (injuries, wounds, poisoning, bleeding), as well as during childbirth. At ambulance stations, staff work in teams of 2-3 people (a doctor and one or two
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paramedics). Nurses can only work as dispatchers who receive calls from the public and transfer them to mobile teams.
Maternal and child care institutions include antenatal clinics and maternity hospitals. Women's consultations, as well as polyclinics, work according to the district-territorial principle. Medical examinations are carried out here, women with gynecological diseases are identified and treated, and dispensaries are monitored for pregnant women.
The personnel of antenatal clinics and maternity hospitals do a lot of health education work with pregnant women and puerperas. Nurses usually work in the treatment rooms of antenatal clinics
maternity hospitals, as well as in operating rooms, children's departments of maternity hospitals as ward nurses.
Sanatorium-type institutions include sanatoriums (from Latin sanare - to treat, heal), dispensaries, recreation camps for children, and sanatorium recreation areas. The activities of these medical institutions are based on the use of predominantly natural healing factors (mineral waters, mud therapy), as well as herbal medicine, physiotherapy and physiotherapy exercises for the treatment of patients. In sanatoriums, patients undergo outpatient treatment. Dispensaries organized at large industrial enterprises are used for treatment and preventive measures, as a rule, in their free time. The work of nurses in medical and preventive institutions of a sanatorium type resembles the work of nurses in polyclinics, hospitals, dispensaries, etc.
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2.1. STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION OF WORK OF A TYPICAL TREATMENT AND PROPHYLACTIC
INSTITUTIONS (HCI)
Hospitals of stationary type (hospitals, hospitals) are the main link in treatment and preventive care for the population. Currently, the following types of hospitals are distinguished: combined (they include a hospital and a polyclinic), multidisciplinary and monoprofile, or specialized (cardiology, tuberculosis, etc.).
Hospitals of stationary type have the following approximate organizational structure.
•Administration: office, medical statistics room, accounting, medical archives, library.
•Treatment department: admission department, medical departments (therapeutic, surgical, urological, etc. ), treatment and diagnostic departments and rooms (X-ray, endoscopic, ultrasound), physiotherapy department, pathoanatomical department, laboratories (biochemical, bacteriological).
• Auxiliary part: catering department, pharmacy, warehouses, garages, etc.
2.2. DEVICE AND ORGANIZATION OF WORK OF THE RECEIVING DEPARTMENT
The Reception Department is the most important medical and diagnostic department. Here the first acquaintance of the patient with the staff of the medical institution takes place. And often, by the reception department, by the way its work is organized, patients judge the organization of the treatment process in the institution as a whole.
Distinguish between centralized and decentralized hospital planning system. With a centralized layout, almost all medical and diagnostic departments are concentrated in one building, the admission department is also located there. With a decentralized (pavilion) system, the admission department is located either in a separate building or in one of the medical buildings, usually in the one where the intensive care unit, therapeutic or surgical one is located. Almost all patients enter the hospital through the emergency department. Patients who
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Abstract Subject: The urgency of the problem of developing primary health care on the principle of a general practice nurse. Objective To conduct a comparative analysis of the benefits of providing nursing care on the basis of a general practice nurse. Development of evidence-based recommendations for organizing the work of a general practice nurse and a district nurse. Objectives: To study the principles of activity of a general practice nurse in Russia and abroad. Spend Wed...
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Abstract "Organization of the information service in the polyclinic" covers the issue of the registry as an information center of the polyclinic, the main tasks of the registry, the duties of the medical registrar, the functioning of the territorial principle of the polyclinic in terms of storing information in the registry.
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The abstract highlights the rights and obligations of medical registrars who draw up temporary disability certificates, describes the rules for issuing sick leave certificates and the specifics of keeping a journal for their issuance.
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The current state of nursing in Russia Organization of the nursing process Factors contributing to the implementation of the nursing process The main problems that impede the implementation of the nursing process Method of organizing the nursing process References GOU Kaluga Basic Medical College, 16str, 2008
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Essay on the course "Nursing" for secondary vocational educational institutions, for the university it will not work. Description of all possible actions for the patronage nurse when caring for a bedridden patient who is prescribed or given (for life) bed rest.
Article
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The collection contains articles and documents on the organization of the work of nursing personnel in the Russian Federation, which may be useful in the work of a novice head nurse.
Presentation
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Lecture material in presentations on organizing the activities of nursing staff, an addition to the training program for senior nurses; 16 thematic presentations and 3 lectures on the organization of the activities of nursing staff.