Family Centered Care of Infants, Children and Adolescents: Didactic and Practicum

Prerequisite(s): NURS 230, NURS 240 and NURS 315; and departmental permission. Corequisite(s): NURS 325. Restriction(s): Admission into the School of Nursing. This didactic and practicum course examines the continuum of health and illness among children, and adolescents within the context of family and community. The nurse’s role as a member of the transprofessional team in health promotion, disease and injury prevention, risk reduction, restoration of health, and palliative care is explored. Students critically consider the implications of physiologic, genetic, economic, technological, cultural, nutrition, and environmental factors that influence infants, children, and adolescents’ health. Consideration is given to the unique ethical, legal, spiritual, psychosocial, and cultural factors that influence nursing care for pediatric populations. Students learn to use standardized instruments to assess developmental milestones, growth and development, and implement the nursing process. Safety in the calculation and administration of medications, therapeutic communication, teaching learning, and psychosocial processes are explored. Special fee.