Parent-Child Health Nursing

Catalog description

This course focuses on the developmental needs of the growing family during the child bearing and child rearing phases. It emphasizes assisting the members of the growing family to maintain the ability to meet their developmental needs and/or to regain this ability when threatened by homeostatic deviances. Students continue to use the nursing process and to develop basic nursing skills in the college and clinical laboratories. Day, evening and weekend hours are used for clinical teaching. Prerequisite: NUR 101 with a grade of C+ (77) or better. Pre or co-requisite: PSY 252, BIO 234. Four lecture and twelve practice hours a week in hospitals and health agencies. Instructional Support Fee applies.