1.1 -  Role of Pediatric Nurse

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Explain how a nurse can be an advocate for a child and their family.
• Discuss strategies a nurse can utilize in providing health education, support/counseling, health promotion, disease prevention, and injury prevention strategies with children.
• Briefly explain the roles of the nurse in research, coordination, collaboration, and health care planning in the care of children and their families.
• Identify the nurses’ role in ethical decision-making in the care of pediatric patients and their families.

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

Required Learning Resources and Activities

1.2 - Concept of Family and Its Influence on Child Health

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Define family.
• Identify family structures and functions.
• Describe family roles.
• Describe how family influences child health.
• Explain nursing implications related to family and child health.

Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 2 hours and 44 minutes.

Required Learning Resources and Activities

1.3 - Family-Centered Care

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Define family-centered care.
• Identify essential elements of family-centered care.
• Explain the significance of applying the family-centered approach in caring for children and their families.
• Discuss the nurse’s role in family-centered care.
  

Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 1 hour and 47 minutes.

Required Learning Resources and Activities

1.4 - Morbidity and Mortality

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Define neonatal, infant, and childhood morbidity and mortality rates.
• Identify three major causes of death during infancy, early childhood, late childhood, and adolescence (within your country/region and globally).
• Identify at least three ways how a nurse can apply knowledge of morbidity and mortality to improve child health.

Required Learning Resources and Activities

1.5 - Ethical Issues in Child and Family Nursing

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Define the term ethics.
• Identify factors that influence ethics.
• Discuss the core principles of health care ethics.
• Discuss the various ethical issues in pediatrics.
• Explain the nurses’ role during ethical dilemmas.

Required Learning Resources and Activities

2.1 - Growth and Development of Newborn and Infant

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Identify normal developmental changes that occur in the newborn and infant.
• Describe the gross and fine motor milestones of newborns and infants.
• Compare and contrast common developmental theories (Erikson’s, Freud’s, and Piaget’s theories) in relation to the growth of newborns and infants.
• Describe nutritional requirements of newborn and infant.
• Discuss factors that affect /influence nutrition in newborns and infants and implications for nursing care.
• Identify common issues related to growth and development in infancy.
• Discuss the nurse's role in newborn and infant development.

Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 2 hours and 28 minutes.

Required Learning Resources and Activities

2.2 - Growth and Development of Toddler

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Explain normal developmental changes (e.g., physiologic, cognitive, psychosocial) that occur in the toddler.
• Examine common developmental theories (Erikson, Freud, and Piaget) in relation to the growth of a toddler.
• Identify the gross and fine motor milestones in toddlers.
• Demonstrate understanding of emotional and social development in toddlers.
• Describe the nutritional requirements of toddlers.
• Discuss nurses' role in the development of a toddler.

Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 1 hour and 37 minutes.

Required Learning Resources and Activities

2.3 - Growth and Development of Preschoolers

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Identify normal developmental changes (e.g., physiologic, cognitive, psychosocial) that occur in a preschool-age child.
• Examine common developmental theories (Erikson, Freud, and Piaget) in relation to the growth of preschoolers.
• Understand and explain the nutritional requirements of a preschooler.
• Identify common issues related to growth and development in a preschooler.
• Discuss nurses' role in the development of a preschooler.

Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 2 hours and 28 minutes.

Required Learning Resources and Activities

2.4 - Growth and Development of School-Age Children

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Identify normal developmental changes (e.g., physiologic, cognitive, psychosocial) that occur in a school-age child.
• Examine common developmental theories (Erikson, Freud, and Piaget) in relation to the growth of a school-age child.
• Explain the nutritional requirements of a school-age child.
• Identify common developmental concerns of the school-age child.
• Discuss the nurse’s role in the growth and development of a  school-age child.

Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 1 hour and 57 minutes.

Required Learning Resources and Activities

2.5 - Growth and Development of Adolescent

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Identify normal developmental changes (e.g., physiologic, cognitive, psychosocial) that occurs during adolescence.
• Examine common developmental theories (Erikson, Freud, and Piaget) in relation to the growth of the adolescent.
• Demonstrate knowledge of nutritional requirements during adolescence.
• Identify common developmental concerns during adolescence.
• Describe the nurses’ role in adolescent growth and development.

Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 2 hours and 41 minutes.

Required Learning Resources and Activities

2.6 - Safety and Injury Prevention in Children

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Identify common safety issues and injuries in children in relation to their stage of development.
• Identify risk factors for injuries among children
• Identify common sources of injuries in children based on developmental stage.
• Explain measures for ensuring safety and preventing injuries among children.
• Discuss nurses’ role in safety and injury prevention among children.

Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 1 hour and 47 minutes.

Required Learning Resources and Activities

2.7 - Health Assessment in Children

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Demonstrate obtaining an appropriate health history from the child and parent or caregiver.
• Perform health assessment utilizing approaches related to the age and developmental stage of the child.
• Explain the appropriate sequence of the physical exam based on the child’s developmental stage.

Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 1 hour and 47 minutes.

Required Learning Resources and Activities

2.8 - Immunization

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge of principles of immunization.
• Identify the current recommended immunization schedule for children (0-17 years), components of the immunization card, and the immunization routes.
• List the possible side effects of vaccines, precautions, and contraindications.
• Discuss barriers and facilitators to immunization.
• Discuss the nurse’s role during immunization.

Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 1 hour and 39 minutes.

Required Learning Resources and Activities

2.9 - Social, Cultural, and Environmental/Community Factors Influencing Child Development

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Discuss how social, cultural, environmental, and socioeconomic factors impact a child’s growth & development (e.g., school environment, peer groups, social roles, media, etc.,).
• Discuss the nurse’s role in providing care to children and families from various social, community, and cultural backgrounds.

Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 1 hour and 55 minutes.

Required Learning Resources and Activities

3.1 - Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Understand the basic skills for communicating with children.
• Discuss strategies/techniques nurses can utilize to appropriately and effectively communicate verbally to children.
• Discuss strategies/techniques nurses can utilize to appropriately and effectively communicate non-verbally with children.
• Discuss strategies/techniques nurses can utilize to appropriately and effectively communicate with parents/caregivers.
• Discuss common strategies for challenging communication with children/parents with special needs.

Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 2 hours and 54 minutes.

Required Learning Resources and Activities

3.2 - Communication and Counseling Skills

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Discuss how the social and cultural environment impacts family communication.
• Analyze family communication patterns (functional and dysfunctional family).
• Discuss strategies a nurse could utilize to promote continued family and interprofessional communication.
• Identify strategies a nurse can utilize to for effectively communicate with families during counseling.

Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 3 hours and 33 minutes.

Required Learning Resources and Activities

3.3 - Health Teaching

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Discuss the process of health teaching as it relates to children and their families.
• Identify the components of learning needs assessment.
• Discuss techniques a nurse could utilize to improve learning among children and their families.
• Explain techniques a nurse can utilize to evaluate learning among children and their families.

Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 2 hours and 12 minutes.

Required Learning Resources and Activities

3.4 - Cultural Competence

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Define cultural competence.
• Explain why a nurse should be culturally competent to care for children and families.
• Identify barriers to cultural competence in health care.
• Discuss strategies a nurse can utilize to overcome barriers to competence.
• Describe the steps of developing cultural competence.

Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 3 hours and 5 minutes.

Required Learning Resources and Activities