NURSING`S APPROACH TO EMERGENCY STATES IN PEDIATRICS

Tema ovog završnog rada je Sestrinski pristup hitnim stanjima u pedijatriji, napisan u sklopu predmeta Zdravstvena njega djeteta. U prvom dijelu rada nalazi se opći dio o hitnim stanjima u pedijatriji, koja su to, kako ih prepoznati te koja je uloga medicinske sestre kod pojedinog hitnog stanja. Hitno stanje u pedijatriji je svako stanje koje neposredno ugrožava život djeteta. Hitna stanja u pedijatriji su utapanje, prometne nesreće, trovanja lijekovima, deterdžentima ili hranom (npr. gljive), padovi s visine, hiperpiremija, aspiracija stranog tijela, opekline i mnoga druga. Drugi dio rada je prikaz istraživanja koje je provedeno na učenicima 4. i 5. razreda srednjih Medicinskih škola u Rijeci i u Karlovcu, smjer – Medicinska sestra/tehničar opće zdravstvene njege. Cilj rada bio je ispitati i usporediti znanje učenika četvrtih i petih razreda u srednjim Medicinskim školama u Karlovcu i u Rijeci o hitnim stanjima u pedijatriji. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo ukupno 161 učenik iz Karlovca i Rijeke u dobi od 18 do 20 godina. Od ispitanih učenika njih 75 pohađa 5. razred, dok njih 86 pohađa 4. razred. Podaci su statistički obrađeni u programu Microsoft Excel 2016. Istraživanje je pokazalo da su učenici četvrtih razreda za 6% točnije odgovarali na pitanja od učenika petih razreda.The subject of this final work is Nursing's approach to emergency states in pediatrics, written in the subject of Child Health Care. In the first part of the paper, there is a general section on emergency states in pediatrics, which are the emergency states, how to recognize them and what is the role of nurses in an emergency. An emergency condition in pediatrics is any condition that directly threatens the life of a child. Emergencies in pediatrics include drowning, traffic accidents, drug poisoning, detergents or food poisonings (eg mushrooms), falls from the height, hyperprophylaxis, foreign body aspiration, burns and the like. The second part of the paper is the presentation of the research conducted on the students of the 4th and 5th grade of the Medical schools in Rijeka and in Karlovac, direction - nurse / general health care technician. The aim of the paper was to examine and compare the knowledge of fourth and fifth grade students in the Medical Schools in Karlovac and Rijeka on emergencies in pediatrics. A total of 161 students from Karlovac and Rijeka participated in the research at the age of 18 to 20 years. Of the surveyed students, 75 attend the 5th grade, while 86 attend the 4th grade. The data were statistically processed in Microsoft Excel 2016. The survey showed that fourth grade students answered 6% of questions more precisely from fifth grade students