Neonatal Nursing II Credits: 4

Catalog description

This course integrates physiologic, pharmacologic, and assessment skills and principles determining appropriate care of the ill neonate. This course covers case management of gastrointestinal, renal, endocrine, hematologic, orthopedic, ophthalmologic, dermatologic and immune disorders.. Current research and evidenced-based practices are used as the course framework. The effects of critical conditions on the growth and development of the neonate, including subsequent chronic health problems as well as the short and long term consequences of the child’s family are emphasized. The use of specific interventions and diagnostic procedures are demonstrated and applied in laboratory/clinical settings.