Nursing 2209/Pediatric Nursing is a 3-credit course which includes both theory and clinical over an eight week period.  The theory component is a 3-hour class every Tuesday from 8:30-11:30 am. The clinical component is offered on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday from 2-8 pm. In addition, the first two Fridays of each eight week rotation are scheduled for a nursing skills lab experience and a growth and development module.  This course is taken concurrently with Nursing 2218/Advanced Concepts in Nursing.

 

During the course of your eight-week clinical experience you will be taking care of children and families in a variety of settings.  Your primary experience will be in an acute care hospital setting in Rochester, Minnesota.  You will care for children from one week to eighteen years of age.

 

In addition, you will be offered experiences at an ill child center for employees, a pediatric outpatient clinic for well and ill children, a day nursery caring for toddlers and preschoolers and an outpatient clinic for children requiring intravenous antibiotics, chemotherapy, blood products, immunoglobulins and long term catheter site care and maintenance.

 

A variety of assignments will be correlated with these experiences; including presentations, care plans,  and examinations.  The nursing care is family centered and I think you will find it both rewarding and challenging.