NU 335 Illness Management in Children and Adolescents

Focuses on basic pediatric nursing care for infants through adolescents, within a variety of pediatric conditions and in a variety of settings, including community and hospital nursing. The nursing process is used for caring for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, school-age children, and adolescents with a variety of health conditions. Emphasis is placed on nursing care of well, acute, and chronically ill children, within their families. Nursing care for well children, including health promotion and disease/injury prevention, and for children with acute and/or chronic health conditions will be examined, within a developmental framework. Course includes lecture and clinical. Prerequisite for students in the four-year B.S.N. program: NU 246. Prerequisites for students in the accelerated B.S.N. program: NU 230 and NU 231. (4)