NURS 164 Topics in Pediatric Nursing (2 credits)

1. Develop patient-centered goals with pediatric patients and families across the age continuum to prevent illness and improve health.
2. Examine effective evidence -based methods in determining the best clinical practice and pharmacological treatments for pediatric patients
3. Describe the impact of national patient safety resources, initiatives and regulations on positive pediatric patient outcomes.  
4. Identify information and technological skills that are essential for the safe care of the pediatric patient.

1. Patient-centered care:  Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient’s preferences, values, and needs.
2. Teamwork and collaboration:  Function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care.
3. Evidence-based practice:  Integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care.
4. Quality improvement:  Use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems.
5. Safety:  Minimizes risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance.
6. Informatics:  Use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.

Core Ability

• Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information, and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.