Maternal Child Nursing

Catalog description

This course explores nursing care for women during the prenatal, postpartum, and neonatal periods. Emphasis is placed on the promotion of women’s health and management of complications during pregnancy, the birth process, and the neonatal period. Clinical experience allows for the application of nursing skills, knowledge, therapeutic communication, collaboration, and critical thinking necessary for the safe, quality care of the obstetrical and neonatal population within a family context. The course has a theory and clinical component.