NURS 305 - Population Health: Pediatrics

This course provides the framework for students to apply nursing theory and principles in the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health for infants, children, and their families. The course focuses on the study of the care of the pediatric client and family during health and disease. Emphasis is placed on growth and developmental, physiological, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual care of the child within the family unit. Using the nursing process, strategies are formulated for promoting and maintaining optimal functioning of the child-family unit and for enhancing the strengths of the family unit. Clinical experience in both acute and community pediatric settings are used to facilitate clinical reasoning and comportment through the application and integration of nursing practice.

Prerequisites
NURS 210 Population Health: Medical Surgical I

Corequisites
NURS 310 Population Health: Medical Surgical II

Credits 3

Notes
There is a clinical associated with this course worth 0.25 credits. Students must register for the lecture and clinical.

Compass Attributes
Natural Science