NURS 3311

In this course, students explore the nurse’s role as a member of an interprofessional team caring for childbearing and child-rearing families, infants, children, and adolescents. Students build on previous learning, integrating the core curriculum concepts and content from the semester's theory and health assessment courses. This course provides the theory required to provide safe, ethical, competent, compassionate, and evidence-informed care for clients experiencing developmental transitions or health challenges in a maternity and pediatric context. A family centred perspective and the integration of teaching and learning principles for health promotion and illness/injury prevention are emphasized. Students complete one half of the semester in maternity and the other half in pediatrics.