Utilizes the concept of family-centered nursing care to teach basic nursing strategies that enable children and their families to prevent illness and disability and to promote, protect, and restore health. Addresses the unique biopsychosocial and health educational needs of the growing child from infancy to adolescence. Also studies the family in community, ambulatory care, and hospital settings. Clinical placement occurs in a variety of settings. Emphasizes the concepts of health and wellness for the childbearing family, as well as recognition of complications and risk factors occurring during the reproductive period.
Clinical placement includes hospital and community settings.
Life Span Development Focuses on the process of development as a lifelong activity balanced between dynamic and stable demands of physical and social environments and the changing capabilities of the person. Explores contemporary life styles and selected cultural aspects of individual and family life. Required of all undergraduate and second degree students. Includes general principles of pharmacology, the therapeutic implications of major drug categories, mechanisms of drug action, side effects of drugs, and the implications for nursing management. An overview of the historical development of nursing, emphasizing the evolution of obstetrical nursing and the roles available to contemporary professional nurses.