This course prepares
students with knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for the care of
children with conditions that commonly affect newborns including those
affecting the different body systems. In specific terms, the course covers
causes, signs and symptoms, prevention and management of common medical
conditions that affect newborns with disorders or malformations of the
respiratory, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, urinary, reproductive,
endocrine, lymphatic, nervous and the Integumentary systems.