The nursing process is used to promote and restore the health of the child from infancy through toddlerhood, preschool, school-age adolescent, and the young adult. A clinical component is included. The nursing process is used in the promotion and restoration of health of those individuals who are experiencing an alteration in cellular function and growth, oxygenation, metabolic, and sexual functions. A clinical component is included. This course builds on student's prior knowledge of select nursing studies.
Students discuss and critique qualitative and quantitative nursing studies.
The importance of research in nursing to the consumer and practitioner of nursing are examined. This course presents an overview of psychiatric-mental health care issues prevailing in society. It offers the essential research based content related to nursing care theory and practice. Content includes understanding the nurse's role development within this specialty and developing skills of assessment, intervention, and evaluation of clients exhibiting impaired behavioral responses to stressors in their environments. Legal, ethical, and advocacy considerations are included.