Neonatal Theory 2 NSNE 7200

As a healthcare practitioner, you are expected to follow professional standards of practice throughout all SN programs and courses. In this course, you will have opportunities to use the processes of critical thinking, systematic inquiry, communication, collaboration, leadership, professionalism, and clinical decision-making. Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Examine the common health challenges that increase vulnerability in preterm, late-preterm, term, and post-term infants using a systematic approach to inquiry.
• Explore the fetal and neonatal changes that occur during transition from intrauterine to extrauterine life.
• Describe the relationship between hypoxia and the multi-system organ effects in the infant.
• Identify and examine the relationships among infant vulnerability, pathophysiology, and assessment using a case study format.
• Explore supporting infants and their families through acute illness using a developmentally supportive and family-centred approach to care.
• Apply knowledge of trauma-informed care in the context of the NICU to the provision of developmentally supportive and age-appropriate care to infants of all gestational ages.
• Demonstrate sound clinical decision-making through the application of the Situated Clinical Decision-Making Framework (SCDMF).
• Develop communication and collaboration skills using family-centred care as a framework.

Effective as of Spring/Summer 2023