Family-Centered Nursing Care of Children and Adolescents

4.25 Units

This course will prepare nursing students to identify the healthcare needs of children from infancy through late adolescence. Principles of childhood development and family-centered atraumatic care will be incorporated into plans for optimizing physical, mental, and psychosocial wellbeing in health and illness. The influence of family variables and social determinants of health will be analyzed. Clinical and lab experiences will provide learners the opportunity to demonstrate safe clinical reasoning and knowledge integration. Prereq: NUMN 407 . Coreq: NUMN 414 .