NADN 166 - Pediatric Nursing3 Credit: (2 lecture, 0 lab, 3 clinical) 5 Contact Hours: [Department Permission]
This course focuses on the care of infants, children, and adolescents with common chronic and acute pediatric health disorders while meeting their growth and development needs. The role of the nurse in pediatric illness and injury prevention will also be emphasized. Students will apply pediatric communication and assessment skills while providing nursing care in both actual and simulated clinical settings, emphasizing and application of the nursing process along with principles of family centered care.
OFFERED: fall and spring semesters
Course Goals/ Objectives/ Competencies:
Goal 1: Incorporate knowledge of growth and development principles to meet the special needs of infants, children, and adolescents.
Goal 2: Demonstrate professional behaviors when interacting with infants, children, adolescents, primary caregivers, and interprofessional team members.
Goal 3: Utilize informatics along with verbal and non-verbal skills to communicate and collaborate with the pediatric interprofessional team.
Goal 4: Utilize best current evidence to provide safe, quality, family-centered care to infants, children, and adolescents in a variety of settings.
Goal 5: Calculate drug dosages accurately for safe medication administration for the pediatric population.
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