The nursing process is utilized to individualize nursing care of the child based on human needs, need interferences, and growth and development. Focus is placed on nursing management of selected acute, chronic and terminal illnesses. Clinical practice is in the care of the child from infancy through adolescence primarily in the hospital, but students are also introduced to a community setting. Four lecture and six clinical hours weekly for one half semester, offered twice each semester. Using the nursing process as a framework, this course focuses on addressing the client's psychological needs.
Special emphasis is placed on communication and group dynamics.
The course builds on previously acquired knowledge of the nursing process, abnormal psychology, stress and coping, growth and development and communication. Two lecture and six clinical hours weekly. A special study which focuses on a selected topic in nursing, subject to the approval and supervision of an assigned faculty. These topics may address contemporary nursing needs, nursing issues and future health care. Issues relating to the role of the Associate Nurse in entry level positions are explored.