WOMEN'S AND INFANTS' HEALTH

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide the foundation for entry-level competence in women's and infants' health. Critical thinking skills and evidence-based practice concepts will be applied to multiple nursing scenarios. Emphasis is placed on developing nursing care for a woman with an uncomplicated or complicated pregnancy, the normal and high risk infant and women's reproductive and post-reproductive health and health deviations. Communication, legal-ethical concepts, patient education and pharmacological, nutritional and socio-cultural principles are integrated throughout the course. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Associate or Bachelor Level Nursing program; NURS 300, and NURS 300L. Corequisite(s): NURS 303L.