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. This course has both theoretical and practicum components. Students will care for children and/or families in a variety of health care settings. Students will complete eight hours of orientation and 88 hours within a clinical practicum experience. Students will demonstrate nursing theory-guided and evidence-informed praxis relevant to this course.

This course has multiple sections and delivery modes. Please check MyOntarioTech for further details.
Credit hours: 6
Lecture hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): HLSC 1201U and NURS 1503U and NURS 1700U and NURS 2320U
Prerequisite(s) with concurrency: NURS 2810U
Note(s): Students must pass both the theoretical (classroom) and practicum (clinical) components of the course to pass the course.