2.00 Credits
With continued emphasis on assessment, the focus of this course is on planning, implementing, and evaluating strategies to promote, maintain, and restore optimum health for pediatric clients from diverse socio-cultural backgrounds experiencing variations and alterations in life functions. The course revolves around nursing, nursing process, and pediatric clients experiencing variations or alterations in life functions: fluid/gas transport, elimination, nutrition/metabolism, genitourinary, sensory, activity, and protective. Health promotion, legal-ethical issues, therapeutic communication techniques, and management strategies specific to the care of the pediatric client are incorporated into the plan of care for pediatric clients. Pre-requisite: NURS 1050, 1051 Co-requisite: NURS 2071