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Course Listings 89518b, Clinical Practice in Pediatric Nursing. 2.6 credit hours. Utilizing a familycenteredapproach, this course provides clinical experience in identifying and assessingchildren’s physiological and developmental needs, and planning, implementing, andevaluating a plan of nursing care to meet the needs of a particular child and his/her familyin health care settings. Students have opportunities to use principles of growth anddevelopment, knowledge of the child’s physical and emotional responses to illness, andprinciples of pediatric medicine and surgery in caring for children and their families. Thestudent gains skill and knowledge in the nursing role and an appreciation for usingresearch findings in practice. Collaboration with other health professionals is emphasized.Required for all students in the prespecialty year. Sixteen hours per week clinicalpractice and conferences, second half of spring term or first half of summer term. GraduateEntry Prespecialty in Nursing faculty.519b, Seminar in Pediatric Nursing. 1.5 credit hours. This course focuses on children’sresponses to health and illness. Emphasis is placed on growth and development, healthand wellness promotion, and the adaptations of children and their families to illness.Application of the nursing process as it relates to the promotion, maintenance, andrestoration of health is emphasized. Required for all students in the prespecialty year.One and one-half hours per week, second half of spring term or first half of summerterm. Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing faculty.52ob, Clinical Practice in Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing. 2.6 credit hours.The overall goal of this course in combination with 521b is to introduce students to thetheory and practice of psychiatric nursing in order to facilitate an understanding ofabnormal behavior and the nursing care of patients with this behavior. The coursefocuses on understanding psychiatric disorders and changes in patient behavior over aperiod of time, assessing symptoms and functional ability of psychiatric patients, usingoneself therapeutically in nurse-patient interactions, and appreciating the contributionsof other disciplines to patient care and management. Required for all students in theprespecialty year. Sixteen hours per week, first half of spring term. Graduate Entry Prespecialtyin Nursing faculty.521b, Seminar in Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing. 1.7 credit hours. In combinationwith 520b, this seminar provides students with the foundations of psychopathologywithin the framework of mental health and mental illness. Biopsychosocial theories ofhuman behavior are presented as they relate to function, alteration, and/or disruption ofmental processes. Content includes the assessment, theoretical explanation, and treatmentof symptoms directly related to patient behavior. Current knowledge related tonursing care, psychiatric treatment, and psychosocial rehabilitation of identified mentallyill adults and various cultural and social aspects of mental illness is emphasized.Required for all students in the prespecialty year. Three and one-half hours per week,first half of spring term. D. Olsen.525a/b, Research Methods for Clinical Nursing Research. 2 credit hours in the fallterm; 3 credit hours in the spring term. This yearlong course in research methods providesthe student with the basic skills and knowledge to evaluate research and to develop