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NRPL257 Child, Adolescent and Family Nursing (Practice Leadership)

10 cp
Prerequisites Foundation Year Units
Teaching Organisation 150 hours of focused learning.

This unit will focus on health promotion for infants, children and adolescents within a family context. It will provide students with an introduction to nursing and maternity care for children, adolescents and families within hospital and community settings. Theories relating to childhood growth and development will be examined and applied to nursing care in the home, community and hospital setting. The national health priorities of asthma management, injury prevention and early intervention will be major foci in inquiry-based learning. Strategies to promote evidence based practice and improve practice in dynamic child and adolescent health care settings will be explored.

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