Child Health Nursing is a speciality which focus on nursing care of children, both normal and sick.The objective of the course is to prepare students to identify the normal growth and development of children and deviation from the normal, give comprehensive nursing care to children suffering from various diseases.Special emphasis is given to Embryology, Genetics, Psychology, Paediatric medicine, Surgery, Nutrition, and Growth and Development. Child Health Nursing is paced in the third year of the BSc Nursing Curriculum.
Inorder to enhanse the knowledge and skill of the students are given clinical experience in pediatric medical and surgical wards apart from theory classes. The students also have the privilege of becoming familiar with the most sophisticated equipment and technology related to client care, especially in our Paediatric Cardiology, Paediatric Cardiac Surgery Units, Paediatric Neurology, Gastroenterology and Adolescent Medicine.
Amrita College of Nursing offers postgraduation in Child Health Nursing which prepares the students to develop expertise and indepth understanding in the field of Pediatric Nursing. It will help students to appreciate the child as a holistic individual and develop skill to function as neonatal and pediatric nurse specialist.
It will further enable the student to function as educator, manager, and researcher in the field of Paediatric Nursing.
Area of Research: Preventive Paediatrics, Nursing Care of Children
The Department is involved in research areas such as life style diseases, nutrition and health, life style, behavioral problems of children, effectiveness of a teaching programme on various problems, neonatal jaundice, pain among infants, development of nursing care protocol , play therapy, quality of life of children with health problems.