NURS 330 - Nursing Care of Children and Their Families

4 credits
This course focuses on the nursing care of infants, children, adolescents and their families as they face normal developmental challenges and common diseases and conditions. Emphasis is placed on the use of the nursing process to assess physical and developmental needs; promote health and prevent illness and injury; and assist patients and families to adapt to acute and chronic illness challenges. Actual and simulated clinical experiences take place in various settings and support the continued development of cognitive, psychomotor and interpersonal skills necessary to provide safe, high quality care. Three lecture periods weekly. a total of 56 clinical hours.

Prerequisite(s): NURS 210, NURS 220 and NURS 230.
Corequisite(s): None.