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NURS 230 - Pediatric Nursing


4 hrs (Sem I)
The nursing process is used when caring for pediatric clients with alterations of respiratory, musculoskeletal, integumentary, sensory-neurological, abnormal cell growth, and nutritional absorption and metabolism. Students apply the nursing process in the clinical setting in providing care for the client, ages one month through adolescence, with acute and chronic health problems. Emphasis is placed on normal growth and development and health promotion. Nutritional concerns, as they relate to these alterations and stressors, are included. 5 lecture hours, 9 clinical laboratory hours (8-week course).

Prerequisite(s): A grade of C or better in BIOL 112  and BIOL 112L ; and a grade of C or better in NURS 100  and NURS 130  and NURS 150  or NURS 171 . Corequisite(s): NURS 200 .