• Physiology of pregnancy:
• diagnosis of pregnancy
• main physiological modifications
• clinical care to ensure the well-being and evolution of pregnancy.
• Main pregnancy's pathology:
• definition, symptoms and care required for:
• causes of bleeding (abruptio placenta, placenta praevia and other causes)
• cases of preterm labor and delivery (cervical incontinence and premature rupture of membranes)
• pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
• gestational diabetes
• Labor and delivery:
• diagnosis of labor
• phase of labor - delivery and proper care
• cardiotocography
• main emergency during labor and delivery (shoulder dystocia, cord prolapse, uterine atony and post-partum hemorrhage)
• Physiological newborn and first care
• Puerperium and feeding:
• definition and care
• Miscarriage:
• Definition
• classification and nursing care of the woman during hospitalization
• Respiratory diseases: Adenoid hypertrophy, pharyngitis, laryngitis and epiglottis, bronchiolitis, asthma, pneumonia, cystic fibrosis.
• Digestive diseases:Gastro-esophageal reflux, gastroenteritis, celiac disease, inflammatory bowel diseases

• Macdonald, S., & Johnson, G. (Eds.). (2017). Mayes' Midwifery E-Book. Elsevier Health Sciences
• Perricone, C., & Shoenfeld, Y. (Eds.). (2019). Mosaic of autoimmunity: the novel factors of autoimmune diseases. Academic Press

• Normal and pathologic newborn; care of the newborn at birth;
• main pediatric diseases of the respiratory system: bronchial asthma, bronchiolitis, acute otitis,
• major pediatric diseases of the digestive tract: infant colic, acute gastroenteritis, celiac disease, chronic inflammatory diseases;
• major pediatric urinary tract diseases: urinary tract infection, glomerulus post- streptococcal nephritis;
• pediatric fever, meningitis, and febrile convulsion;
• childhood infectious exanthems, and vaccinations;
• major heart malformations;
• major rheumatological diseases of the pediatric age;
• basic skills of pediatric oncohematology;
• main syndromic condition of pediatric age; physiological and pathological puberty.

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• Anatomy of the female genital apparatus
• Biological bases of reproductive function, ovarian and menstrual cycle
• Gynecological, clinical and instrumental diagnostics (gynecological objective examination, oncological cytodiagnostics,
• colposcopy, gynecological ultrasound, radiological examinations in gynecology, hysteroscopy, gynecological laparoscopy)
• Menstrual changes; anovulation; dysmenorrhea
• Puberty and menopause
• Amenorrhea, hirsutism and polycystic ovary syndrome
• Contraception (hormonal; intrauterine devices; sterilization)
• Phlogosis of the female genital system (vaginitis, pelvic inflammatory disease)
• Pelvic floor disease (urinary incontinence, uterine-vaginal prolapse)
• Sexually transmitted diseases
• Endometriosis
• fibroids
• Diagnosis and therapies of infertility. Assisted reproduction techniques
• Screening of cervicocarcinoma; HPV, Pap smear, dysplastic lesions
• Carcinoma of the uterine cervix: diagnosis, staging and therapy
• Benign pathology of the endometrium (polyps, hyperplasia)
• Carcinoma of the endometrium and uterine sarcoma
• Ovarian cysts
• Ovarian tumors (benign, borderline and malignant)
• Vulvar dystrophic lesions and carcinoma of the vulva
• Trophoblastic neoplasms (hydatiform mole, choriocarcinoma)
• Trophoblast and autoimmune related diseases
• Main gynecological interventions (myomectomy, hysterectomy, appendix interventions, laparoscopy)
• Fertilization and planting
• Surveillance protocol of physiological pregnancy
• Ultrasound in pregnancy: basic principles and notions in obstetric ultrasound diagnostics
• Assessment of fetal well-being: cardiotocography; fetal biophysical profile; Doppler velocimetry
• Labor and delivery
• Physiology of the puerperium
• Prenatal diagnosis: diagnostic techniques (amniocentesis, villocentesis, cordocentesis) and screening.
• Puerperium and breastfeeding
• Infections in pregnancy: viral infections (cytomegalovirus, rubella, parvovirus, HIV), toxoplasmosis, syphilis
• Diabetes in pregnancy
• Hypertension in pregnancy
• Thyroid disease in pregnancy
• Multiple pregnancy
• Preterm birth
• Post-term pregnancy
• Extrauterine pregnancy
• Abortion
• Law 194
• Placenta previa and placental detachment
• Amniotic fluid disorders (oligohydramnios, polydramnios)
• Alloimmunization Rh, ABO isoimmunization

Macdonald, S., & Johnson, G. (Eds.). (2017). Mayes' Midwifery E-Book. Elsevier Health Sciences

• Role of nurse in caring the newborn, child and the family
• Assessment of the newborn and infant
• Normal term newborn
• Neonatal screening
• Infant hygiene
• Newborn infant unit
• Vital parameters, venous and capillary blood draw
• Mother/baby care for breastfeeding and artificial feeding
• Newborn care in the first hours after birth: primary resuscitation, umbilical vein catheterization
• The neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
• Systems assessment and management of disorders
• Care to premature infants, phototherapy, neonatal exchange transfusion, infectious diseases
• Vascular access
• Baby Cooling

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