Nursing for Children's Health

Catalog description

The course focus is on the development of competencies for safe and effective nursing care of children and their families. Emphasis is on the nurse?s role in health assessment, health promotion, and promotion of adaptive processes for the child within the context of the family. Key concepts for social, cultural, economic, political, and ethical factors that affect health promotion, disease prevention, alterations in health and risk reduction for children, and the family are examined. Growth and development theory is also emphasized.