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NURP 160 - Nursing of Children

5 hrs (Sem II)
This course is designed to develop basic knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are essential to provide safe nursing care to the pediatric client/family experiencing common health stressors. Emphasis is given to normal growth and development, health promotion, and nutrition. Clinical experiences provide students the opportunity to develop skills and to utilize the nursing process to meet the basic needs of the pediatric client/family. Observation experiences are planned in community agencies concerned with child health and wellness to enhance students’ knowledge base of growth and developmental principles and pediatric health care. 3 lecture hours, 22.5 clinical laboratory hours per week for 4 weeks.

Prerequisite(s): A grade of C or better in NURP 100 , NURP 105 , NURP 110 , PSYC 142 ; BIOL 107 /BIOL 107L  or BIOL 111 /BIOL 111L  and BIOL 112 /BIOL 112L . Corequisite(s): NURP 150 , NURP 155  and NURP 165 .