Child psychology class

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Hi everyone, I'm currently at a CC finishing up most of my prereqs before transferring out to university to a BSN program. I originally planned on taking lifespan development to fulfill an elective requirement, but I found out it wouldn't transfer over the way I wanted it to, so I'm going to take child psych.

Anyone else take this? Have you found it useful during clinicals?

It is a subject that interests me so I have no qualms about taking it, but if I ever land in peds someday, it would be a plus if this class would happen to come in handy.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Capacity/Bed Management.

I found the growth and development aspect of child psychology extremely useful in pediatrics. Besides that I didn't really like the class but then again I never really cared for any of the social sciences.

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Specializes in Hospital Education Coordinator.

every nurse is a psych nurse, to some degree. Any once a parent, always a parent. Even old people may treat adult children as if they are young. I think you could learn a lot

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every nurse is a psych nurse to some degree. Any once a parent, always a parent. Even old people may treat adult children as if they are young. I think you could learn a lot[/quote']

This is a great point. Thank you for your reply!

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