Hospitalized Child

3 credits · Peabody College - Professional

This course is designed for individuals who want to know more about the psychosocial needs of children, adolescents and families in health care settings and situations. Some of the specific topics covered in this course include: impact of illness and hospitalization on the family; social and developmental issues and how they interface with health care; normative development within the hospital; psychosocial roles of various healthcare team members; preparation of patients and families for health care experiences; utilizing play for therapeutic purposes; spirituality and its impact on the child and family's health care experience; the child who is dying; pediatric palliative and hospice care; an introduction to the field of child life; and an introduction to the field of pediatric / family advanced practice nursing. [3]