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Undergraduate Catalog 2015-2016 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

NURS 452 - Nursing Care of Children and Adolescents

4.5 cr.


(Prerequisites: NURS 350 , NURS 352-352L , NURS 361 ; co-requisite: NURS 371 )

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 or NURS 371  lab taken fall senior year or spring junior year.