NURS 485 - Health and Illness: Through the Eyes of a Child

(2 S.H.)

The role of the humanities in nursing education is to encourage the exploration of identities, attitudes, values, and behaviors in students and by presenting the lives and perceptions of others in ways that allow a personal identification with others, cognitive and affective change occurs (Pohek, 1968). The general purpose of this course is to introduce students to the concepts of Health and Illness through the eyes of a child. The course includes a variety of physical, psychological, and social autobiographical accounts of health care. The course introduces the stages of child development related to health, illness and trauma and how individual children may be impacted. The concepts of physical, psychological, and social awareness of a child is central to the course with the emphasis on the sub concepts of health, illness, and trauma. Prerequisites: Junior standing or instructor permission. Grade or P/NC. Offered annually (usually spring semester).

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