NUR 417 - Child Health Skills and Simulation Lab

This laboratory and simulation course builds on the theory, scientific principles and psychomotor skills introduced in the corequisite course in the care of children. The focus is on developing communication, psychomotor skills, and critical reasoning through kinesthetic learning in simulated clinical scenarios for childrearing and childbearing families with an emphasis on the developmental needs/ care of the child and psycho-physiological processes in childbearing. Demonstrations, return demonstrations, role playing, communication, decision making, clinical reasoning, nursing process and debriefing are constituents of the framework for the knowledge and skills developed in this course.

Prerequisite(s):
Co-requisite(s): NUR 427
Credits: 0.5

Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Course Type: Nursing