The course looks at children in the context of nursing practice. It equips students with the knowledge, attitude and skills required to care effectively for newborns, infants and children. Specifically, the course addresses key aspects of child growth and development; growth monitoring and evaluation; newborn care and management, as well as the causes, signs and symptoms, investigations and management of common disorders affecting newborns and children. This course will provide the student with an opportunity to use the Nursing process in the delivery of health care to the pediatric patient incorporating knowledge of common elements of Nursing and growth and development throughout the stages of childhood. The course in the program focuses on children and families as clients. It explores partnership with children and families, and introduces developmentally supportive care and family-centered care as frameworks for Pediatric Nursing practice.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:
Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:
Course Objectives
- To identify the developmental milestones of children and management of their conditions.
- To demonstrate the management of pediatric conditions
Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- Apply the knowledge and Nursing skills in the delivery of child health care to children and their relatives.
- Distinguish culturally sensitive effective communication strategies when interacting with the pediatric patients of various ages, their families, and members of the health care team.
- Assess the provision of safe and effective care to pediatric patients and their families in a variety of settings.
- Appraise appropriate assessment data needed to provide caring interventions that promote general health of patients in meeting their needs at each stage of childhood, across the wellness-illness continuum.
- Determine the availability of existing programs needed to manage the care of the pediatric patient in collaboration with other health team members.
Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- Integrate Nursing knowledge in the delivery of child health care.
- Determine the availability of existing programs needed to manage the care of the pediatric patient in collaboration with other health team members.
- Apply Nursing skills in the delivery of child health care within homes and communities.
- Distinguish culturally sensitive effective communication strategies when interacting with the pediatric patients of various ages, their families, and members of the health care team.
- Critically think about the provision of safe and effective care to pediatric patients and their families in a variety of settings
- Distinguish appropriate assessment data needed to provide caring interventions that promote general health of patients in meeting their needs at each stage of childhood, across the wellness-illness continuum