Description
This course in pediatric nursing will provide the nursing student with a basic understanding of the study of nursing through the discussion of the institution’s nursing philosophy and core characteristics core characteristics of caring empathy, clinical judgment, therapeutic communication, acceptance of diversity, interpreter and provider of learning and lifelong learning as they relate to nursing care of the pediatric child and their family. Child health nursing focuses on assessment and management of well, acutely and chronically ill, and special needs children and their families. The effect the child's illness has on the family is emphasized. In addition to health promotion and maintenance and a safe effective care environment, the course content includes the discussion of alterations in health across the lifespan including human growth and development, family dynamics, and psychosocial and physiological aspects of the family. Principles of nutrition, pharmacology, and ethics are reinforced and expanded.
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