across the lifespan. A focus is on family education, cultural competency, and sensitivity to values and ethical concerns. Concepts of health promotion, disease prevention, disease progression, and treatment are approached from a multisystem perspective. This course builds upon concepts and practice introduced in Foundations, Concepts of Nursing Practice, Health Assessment and Promotion, and Nursing Care of Elders, while incorporating advanced level of practice and complex patient populations. The problem-solving process, the Nursing process, and the ability to think criticallycontinue to be developed. The more complex patient is studied and the concepts of health promotion, disease prevention, and multisystem issues are the focus of planning of care. (60 clinical hours.) Prerequisite: Nu314 with a minimum grade of C+. Nu322 Care of Children and Families 4 credits (BSN Curriculum) This course further builds on foundational knowledge of normal growth and development of children and families. Family-centered and atraumatic care are two prominent concepts being practiced. Skill development reflects necessary psychomotor skills for pediatric care and cognitive skills necessary for critical thinking, therapeutic and interdisciplinary communication, and teaching and learning. In this course, students are introduced to the practice of pediatric Nursing in home, school, and community settings. At the completion of this course, students are poised to become caring and reflective members of the profession of nursing. (45 clinical hours.) Prerequisite: Nu322 with a minimum grade of C+. Nu411 Care for Women and Child-Bearing Families 4 credits (BSN Curriculum) This course continues the synthesis and refinement of the Nursing process, building on prior knowledge from the social, biological, and physical sciences and the humanities for the provision of contemporary maternity Nursing care to women, infants, and families. Application and analysis of therapeutic management, of communication with multiple members of the healthcare team, and of Nursing technology are applied to normal and common complex health issues of childbearing women and their families. Nursing care is practiced with caring, holism, cultural sensitivity in accordance with current standards for this specialty care. (45 clinical hours.) Prerequisite: Nu314 with a minimum grade of C+.
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