RNUR 234 - Child-Centered Nursing

Institution:

Metropolitan Community College - Missouri

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4 credits. 8 hours. (Lecture 2 hours. Clinical 6 hours.) Prerequisite: Admission to nursing program; completion of RNUR 126, RNUR 131, RNUR 134, RNUR 138, RNUR 141, BIOL 208; or admission to the LPN-Bridge program. This third semester clinical laboratory nursing course is designed to introduce the student to the role of the professional nurse in promoting health care in children and their families. Nursing care will be provided in primary, secondary and tertiary settings. This course stresses the uniqueness of each child and the family unit. Communication is employed to assist the child and family in health maintenance with the goal of independence and autonomy of function. The nursing process will be used as the interactive tool linking all aspects of care for culturally and ethnically diverse clients and their families. Developmental stages/tasks will be stressed in assisting the family unit toward health maintenance.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.mcckc.edu

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Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Unaccounted for code

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