NURS 3710 - Caring for Children and Adolescents

5 Credit Hours

Prerequisites: NURS 2010, NUTR 3200, NURS 2040, NURS 2060, NURS 2061, NURS 2080, NURS 2160, SNHP 3000, NURS 3510, NURS 3810.
Corequisites: NURS 3500 or SNHP 3500.
Pre/Corequisites: None.
Requirements: None.

Description
The course focuses on the application of nursing knowledge and skills needed to safely care for children and their families. The goal is to foster health promotion, maintenance, and/or restoration of optimal patterns of health. Under faculty supervision, the student develops and refines professional practice. (3 hrs didactic credit; 2 hrs clinical credit [90 clinical contact hrs]).