Unit 1: Children, Their Families and the Nurse 1. Perspectives of pediatric nursing 2. Social, Cultural, Religious and Family Influences of Child Health Promotion 3. Hereditary Influences on Health Promotion of the Child and Family Unit 2: Childhood and Family Assessment 4. Communication, physical and developmental assessment of the child and family 5. Pain assessment and management in children 6. Childhood communicable and infectious diseases - Australian Unit 3: Family centred care of the Newborn 7. Health Promotion of the Newborn and Family 8.
Health problems of the newborn 9. The High-Risk Newborn and Family Unit 4: Family centred care of the Infant 10. Health promotion of the infant and family 11. Health Problems of the Infant Unit 5: Family-centred Care of the Toddler and Preschooler 12. Health promotion of the toddler and family 13. Health promotion of the pre-schooler and family 14. Health problems of Early Childhood Unit 6: Family-centred Care of the School-Aged Child 15. Health promotion of the School-age child and family 16.
Health problems of the School-aged child Unit 7: Family-centred Care of the Adolescent 17. Health Promotion of the Adolescent and Family 18. Health Problems of the Adolescent Unit 8: Family Centred Care of the Child and Special Needs 19. Impact of Chronic Illness, Disability, or End of Life Care for the Child and Family 20. Impact of Cognitive or Sensory Impairment on the Child and Family Unit 9: The child who is hospitalised 21. Family-centred care of the child during illness and hospitalization 22. Pediatric variations of nursing interventions - rural and remote focus Unit 10: Childhood Nutrition and Elimination Problems 23. The Child and Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalance 24.
The Child with Renal Dysfunction 25. The Child with Gastrointestinal Dysfunction Unit 11: Childhood Oxygenation Problems 26. The child with respiratory dysfunction Unit 12: Childhood Blood Production and Circulation Problems 27. The child with cardiovascular dysfunction 28. The child with hematologic or immunologic dysfunction Unit 13: Childhood Regulatory Problems 29. The child with cancer 30. The child with cerebral dysfunction 31. The child with endocrine dysfunction Unit 14: Childhood Physical Mobility Problems 32.
The Child with Integumentary Dysfunction 33. The child with musculoskeletal or articular dysfunction 34. The child with neuromuscular or muscular dysfunction Appendices - Answers to Critical Thinking Case Studies.