Pediatrics is a specialty focused on patients from infancy to adolescents with an emphasis on promoting, maintaining, and restoring health of the child as a member of the family unit. Students build fundamental nursing skills for maternal-newborn and pediatric care, including clinical reasoning, cultural competence, and evidence-based practice. This course has didactic and clinical components.
Prerequisites
BIOL 120, 121; NURS 203 204,302,304,305.
Corequisites
NURS 303, 306. Three lecture hours and two lab/clinical hours.