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Undergraduate Catalog 2009-2010 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2009-2010 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

NURS 452 - Nursing Care of Children and Adolescents

4.5 cr.
(Prerequisites: NURS 371, NURS 373, NURS 361; co-requisite: NURS 450)The focus is on the physiological adaptation to functional and dysfunctional health patterns in children and adolescents. Emphasis is placed on the nursing process and functional health patterns as a frame-work for nursing practice. Health promotion and the pathophysiology and nursing care related to the disorders of childhood are included. Three hours lecture, nine hours clinical lab/week for seven weeks, alternate with NURS 450 lab.