Laboratory experiences include but not limited to newborn and post partum assessment. Students care for patients in nursing home, health care center or hospital. Administration of medications is a part of clinical experience. Eight clinical laboratory hours per week. Included in clinical hours are two clinical post conference hours, one hour for each day of clinical experience.
Students care for selected patients in obstetrical and pediatric units.
Fourteen clinical laboratory hours per week. Included in clinical hours are two clinical post conference hours, one hour for each day of clinical experience. Emphasis on human growth and development while studying human adaptive and maladaptive responses to disturbances in nutrition and fluid balance, gastrointestinal, and other body systems. Presents illnesses that interfere with these processes throughout life span with focuses on physiological, psychological, psychosocial, and spiritual aspects during each stage of development. Continuation of study of adaptive and maladaptive responses to internal and external stressors that interfere with wellness and require nursing care.