Ped Nsg: Fam Ctr Cncpts Care

0-4 Credits · Level: Graduate

This didactic and clinical course integrates knowledge from the social and biological sciences into evidence-based preventive, therapeutic, and restorative nursing care for infants, children, adolescents, and their families. This course advances the learner’s knowledge, technical capabilities, and nursing competencies for the care of the physical, psychosocial, developmental, and cultural needs of children and their families. Students will utilize the nursing process in the delivery of care to children and families at all levels of care, including acute/critical care, primary care, and community settings. Conceptual threads throughout the course include the nursing process, critical thinking and clinical judgment, evidence-based practice, social determinants of health, health equity, diversity, ethical issues, interdisciplinary collaboration, informatics, quality improvement, cultural humility, family-centered care, and nursing role development. 4 credits (3 credits didactic, 1 credit clinical).