| Description: | 15 contact hours: This certificate program is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of nurses and health care professionals who work with clients and patients of all ages. You'll gain insights into the peaks and valleys of human development and develop unique opportunities to further your relationships with colleagues and patients. More than ever before, new theories, techniques, and views of human nature offer hope for a more penetrating understanding of human development. This certificate program addresses the characteristics, problems, and needs of people of various ages, giving you the additional knowledge and expertise you'll need to successfully care for all your patients. Program Benefits: Your Certificate in Growth and Development through the Lifespan will distinguish you as a knowledgeable, skilled, and committed health care professional. The program: provides sound knowledge on human development, builds skills and competencies, fulfills continuing education requirements for many professionals, and enhances professional marketability. Participants: This certificate program is targeted toward nurses of all levels (student nurses, registered nurses, licensed vocational or practical nurses, advance practice nurses, and nursing faculty) and in all positions (staff nurses and nurse administrators). It is also relevant for physicians, social workers, occupational therapists, recreation therapists, physical therapists, respiratory therapists, nursing assistants, health care administrators, personal care assistants, and volunteers. Curriculum: The Certificate in Growth and Development through the Lifespan program consists of 7 courses for a total of 31 contact hours: Growth and Development through the Lifespan: Major Theories and Issues; Growth and Development through the Lifespan: Prenatal Development; Growth and Development through the Lifespan: Infancy; Growth and Development through the Lifespan: Early Childhood; Growth and Development through the Lifespan: Middle Childhood; Growth and Development through the Lifespan: Adolescence; and Growth and Development through the Lifespan: Adult Development. Requirements: Internet access, e-mail, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser. Accreditation: ALLEGRA Learning Solutions, LLC is accredited as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Accreditation refers to recognition of continuing nursing education only and does not imply Commission on Accreditation approval or endorsement of any commercial product. |
