ASN-236 Pediatric Nursing Concepts

Credits: 2
Contact Hours: Lec 1 Lab 0 Practicum 3
Tier Rate: Tier III
This course is designed to introduce the basic principles of nursing care and management of pediatric clients and their families. The opportunity will be presented to attain the skills necessary to provide safe quality nursing care to meet the needs of clients by using the nursing process and clinical judgment. Applying a family centered approach, the student will develop the assessment, critical thinking and clinical decision-making skills required for planning and implementing appropriate holistic nursing care to pediatric clients and their families suffering a wide variety of commonly presenting acute and chronic illnesses.