NURS 2070 - Nursing Care of Children

Institution:

Southwest Tennessee Community College

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Description:

With continued emphasis on assessment, the focus of this course is on planning, implementing, and evaluating strategies to promote, maintain, and restore optimum health for pediatric clients from diverse socio-cultural backgrounds experiencing variations and alterations in life functions. The course evolves around nursing, nursing process, and pediatric clients experiencing variations and alterations in specified life functions: fluid/gas transport elimination, nutritional/metabolism, sensory, activity, and protective. Health promotion, growth and development, legal- ethical issues, therapeutic communication techniques, and management strategies specific to the care of the pediatric client are incorporated into the plan of care for pediatric clients. Prerequisites: NURS 1050; NURS 1051 Corequisites: NURS 2071 2.000 Credit Hours 2.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Math, Nat. Sci., Hlth Sci College Nursing Department

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.southwest.tn.edu

Phone Number:

(901) 333-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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