This course is designed to assist students in developing expertise and in-depth understanding in the field of Paediatric Nursing. It will help students to appreciate the child as a complete individual and develop skills to function as neonatal & paediatric nurse specialist.At the end of the course the students will be able to apply the concepts of growth & development in providing care to the paediatric clients, recognize & manage emergencies in neonates, incorporate evidence based nursing practice and identify the areas of research in the field of paediatric / neonatal nursing, etc.This specialization will aid the student to be paediatric nursing educator, manager and researcher