Nursing School Course
Growth and development, family-centred care, and the child who deteriorates quietly.
Growth, development and family-centred care, age-appropriate assessment and pain scales, then pediatric respiratory, cardiovascular and congenital, neurologic, gastrointestinal and genitourinary, endocrine, infectious, hematologic and oncologic, musculoskeletal and integumentary conditions, and pediatric emergencies with weight-based medication safety.
Module 1
Developmental stages, play, safety and caring for the family.
25 mapped lessons · lesson practice · module assessment
Module 2
Age-appropriate assessment, normal parameters and pain scales.
8 mapped lessons · lesson practice · module assessment in development
Module 3
Croup, bronchiolitis, asthma, cystic fibrosis and epiglottitis.
16 mapped lessons · lesson practice · module assessment
Module 4
Congenital defects, heart failure in children and Kawasaki disease.
16 mapped lessons · lesson practice · module assessment
Module 5
Seizures, meningitis, hydrocephalus, spina bifida and head injury.
16 mapped lessons · lesson practice · module assessment
Module 6
Pyloric stenosis, intussusception, cleft repair and nephrotic syndrome.
23 mapped lessons · lesson practice · module assessment
Module 7
Type 1 diabetes, growth-hormone disorders and inborn errors.
14 mapped lessons · lesson practice · module assessment
Module 8
Communicable diseases, the immunization schedule and isolation.
17 mapped lessons · lesson practice · module assessment
Module 9
Sickle cell, hemophilia, leukemia and childhood tumours.
15 mapped lessons · lesson practice · module assessment
Module 10
Developmental hip dysplasia, scoliosis, fractures and childhood rashes.
13 mapped lessons · lesson practice · module assessment
Module 11
Pediatric resuscitation, poisoning, dehydration and weight-based dosing.
17 mapped lessons · lesson practice · module assessment
Lesson titles are drawn from the published library for your program; the full list appears inside the course.
Every lesson has a Full view that teaches the complete topic and a certified Cram view for high-yield review. Cram never adds facts that are not in Full.
Clinical lessons move from introduction and pathophysiology through risk factors, manifestations, assessment, diagnostics, management, nursing considerations, complications, teaching and exam takeaways.
Lesson practice and assessments draw from NurseNest's published question bank for your exam scope — single-best-answer and select-all-that-apply items with rationales for every option, a takeaway and a hint.
Module assessments (20 questions), cumulative reviews (30) and a final (60); passing mark 80%. Missed items link back to the lesson, Cram and flashcards.
