Child and Family Nursing

Catalog description

This course provides students with a didactic framework and clinical skills for evaluating developmental health care needs unique to children from birth through adolescence, with emphasis on the family context. The student will acquire the knowledge and clinical skills necessary to assess and provide safe and effective nursing care for diverse populations of infants, children, adolescents and their families who are experiencing episodic, acute or chronic illness. Selected clinical experiences in a variety of settings that emphasize principles of family-centered care. Critical Thinking proficiency course.