NURS 2700U – Health and Healing: Child and Family Nursing Theory and Practicum

This course enables students to explore the theory and practice of family-centred care. The focus is care of individuals and families experiencing health challenges and life transitions specific to pregnancy, childbirth, neonates, children, and families. Topics such as wellness, growth and development, health-teaching and health-promotion, family systems theory, and evidence-based approaches to care will be explored. Students will demonstrate nursing theory-guided and evidence-informed praxis relevant to this course.
Credit hours: 6
Lecture hours: 3
Other hours: 14
Prerequisite(s): HLSC 1201U and NURS 1503U and NURS 1700U and NURS 2320U or HLSC 1201U and NURS 1150U and NURS 1503U and NURS 1505U and NURS 2320U
Corequisite(s): NURS 2810U
Note(s): Students must pass both the theoretical (classroom) and practicum (clinical) components of the course to pass the course.