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There are 3 units/modules to complete, which include:

• Unit  4: Nursing care of the sick child
• Unit  5: Child Maltreatment
• Unit  6: Community-Based Pediatric Nursing Care

Instructions:

This part consists of three (3) learning units. Included in the units are individual lessons with accompanying assigned reading resources, PowerPoint presentations with speaker notes, learner self-assessments, and interactive clinical judgment learning activities. A passing grade of 80% is required on quizzes and unit exams, as well as submission of the required activities for all case studies/reflection activities to gain access to the next lesson or section.

There is a 50-question multiple-choice exam at the end of the course. A grade of 80% is required. If a grade of 80% is not achieved, the learner may be self-remediate and take another exam. The second exam is of comparable content, and 80% is required for a passing grade. 

A certificate of completion may be downloaded upon successful completion of the course.

To PASS and Obtain a Certificate

• All the reading requirements;
• All quizzes and unit exams with a passing grade of 80%;
• All activities and case studies;
• The final exam with a minimum of 80% and a maximum of 2 attempts, and;
• The self and course evaluation forms.         

Unit Objectives: 

• Demonstrate understanding of the pathophysiology of childhood acute and chronic diseases.
• Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based nursing care to address the needs of children with acute or chronic physical, and/or mental illness in a hospital and community setting.
• Gain knowledge and skill in pediatric drug administration.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skill in nursing response during a pediatric emergency.
• Provide appropriate health promotion and health education to a child and family.
• Demonstrate effective holistic palliative care for a child with cancer and their family.

Student Learning Outcomes:

• Identify major stressors of illness and hospitalization for children.
• Explain factors influencing children’s and families' reactions to hospitalization.
• Identify strategies a nurse can utilize to minimize stressors for children and their families during hospitalization.
• Discuss the nurses’ role in caring for hospitalized child and their families.
• Discuss and apply appropriate safety measures to use when caring for children within the hospital.
• Discuss nursing roles/responsibilities related to client discharge from the hospital.

Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 1 hour and 44 minutes.

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Student Learning Outcomes:

• Describe the classification/types of pain.
• Discuss factors that influence the perception of pain in children.
• Explain the principles of pain assessment as they relate to children.
• Identify utilization of pain rating scales.
• Discuss physiologic and behavioral assessment tools for assessment of pain in children.
• Identify developmental considerations in pain management among children.
• Discuss the role of the nurse in pediatric pain management.

Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 2 hours and 16 minutes.

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Student Learning Outcomes:

• Explain the significance of medication safety.
• Discuss factors that may lead to medication errors.
• Delineate medication safety concerns in children.
• Describe the rights of pediatric medication administration.
• Discuss considerations in determining correct medication, dosages for children, and how to accurately determine/calculate recommended pediatric medication dosages.

Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 2 hours and 2 minutes.

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Student Learning Outcomes:

• Describe the proper technique for administering medications in children via oral, sublingual, rectal, intramuscular, intravenous, and subcutaneous routes.
• Discuss the role of nurses in administering/managing medication to children.

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Student Learning Outcomes:

• Describe the proper technique for administering otic, ophthalmic, intranasal, inhalation, intraosseous, and intrathecal medications in children.
• Discuss the role of nurses in administering medication to children.

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Student Learning Outcomes:

• Define a high-risk neonate.
• Explain the classification of high-risk neonates.
• Identify high-risk conditions (including clinical manifestations) in neonates that need special care in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
• Discuss factors that place neonates at high risk for care in the NICU.
• Describe the organization of services within the NICU.
•  Identify the interdisciplinary team involved in the provision of care in the NICU.
• Identify the signs of stress and fatigue in neonates.
• Apply the nursing process to assess, diagnose, plan, intervene, and evaluate care for high-risk neonates.
• Explain nursing considerations in the management of high-risk neonates in the NICU and their families (including developmental care).

Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 2 hours and 48 minutes.

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Student Learning Outcomes:

• Describe the purpose of perioperative nursing care.
• Apply the nursing process to the perioperative setting.
• Discuss the importance of preoperative client education.
• Describe the importance of ROM, turning, and cough/deep breathing exercises in postoperative care.

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Student Learning Outcomes:

• Describe the stages and chain of infection and significance in nursing care.
• Identify common communicable diseases among children.
• Explain causes and risk factors for infectious/communicable diseases.
• Describe clinical manifestations and complications of common communicable diseases among children.
• Identify and understand common diagnostic tests for infectious diseases and nursing implications.
• Discuss the nursing management of a child with an infectious or communicable disease.
• Identify preventive measures for infectious/communicable diseases.

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Student Learning Outcomes:

• Explain causes and risk factors for malaria.
• Describe clinical manifestations and complications of malaria.
• Identify common diagnostic tests for malaria.
• Identify preventive measures for malaria.
• Discuss the nursing management of a child with malaria.

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Student Learning Outcomes:

• Explain causes and risk factors for pediatric tuberculosis.
• Describe clinical manifestations and complications of pediatric tuberculosis.
• Identify common diagnostic tests for pediatric tuberculosis.
• Identify preventive measures for pediatric tuberculosis.
• Discuss the nursing management of a child with pediatric tuberculosis.

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Student Learning Outcomes:

• Explain causes and risk factors of Dengue Fever.
• Describe clinical manifestations and complications of Dengue Fever.
• Identify common diagnostic tests for Dengue.
• Identify preventive measures for Dengue.
• Discuss the nursing management of a child with Dengue.

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Student Learning Outcomes:

• Define epilepsy.
• Describe the types of seizures.
• Identify causes and risk factors associated with seizures.
• Identify the sign and symptoms of seizures.
• Describe the management of seizures.
• Explain the role of the nurse in caring for children with seizures.

Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 1 hour and 46 minutes.

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Student Learning Outcomes:

• Identify factors associated with head trauma in children.
  
• Identify common signs and symptoms of head trauma in children.
  
• Identify risk factors associated with head trauma in children. 
  
• Explain the role of the nurse in caring for children with neurologic conditions.
  

Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 1 hour and 18 minutes.

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Student Learning Outcomes:

• Identify factors associated with meningitis and encephalitis in children.
• Identify common signs and symptoms.
• Identify risk factors associated with these disorders.
• Explain the role of the nurse in caring for children with meningitis and encephalitis.

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Student Learning Outcomes:

• Identify factors associated with neural tube defects in children.
• Identify common signs and symptoms.
• Identify risk factors associated with neural tube defects.
• Explain the role of the nurse in caring for children with neural tube defects and nursing interventions commonly performed in the care of children.