This unit includes normal pregnancy and childbirth; principles of care of the neonate; psychosocial issues of secure and insecure attachment (bonding) and postnatal depression; strategies to promote the establishment and maintenance of breastfeeding; principles of growth and development; child safety, injury prevention and health promotion; assessment of the paediatric patient; common paediatric conditions; impact of hospitalisation of children; nutritional requirements and fluid and electrolyte maintenance of the infant and child; working with children and their families in the community; and identification of risk and vulnerability factors including legislative requirements relating to... -- Course Website
Instructor: Associate Professor David Stanley
Prerequisites: NURS5821 Nursing Practice 1 (formerly NURS8821 Nursing Practice 1), NURS5822 Nursing Practice 2 (formerly NURS8822 Nursing Practice 2), NURS5831 Clinical Nursing Skills 1 (formerly NURS8831 Clinical Nursing Skills 1), NURS5832 Clinical Nursing Skills 2 (f
