Nursing Care Concepts: Family Health

Catalog description

This course of obstetrical and pediatric nursing focuses on concepts of development, family, communication, culture, grief and loss, sexuality, reproduction, immunity, infection, thermoregulation, safety, and violence. A beginning application of critical thinking pathways (clinical judgment) will be developed in this specialized content area. The campus laboratory experiences focus on the assessment of the pregnant individual, the newborn, and application of growth and development principles. Planned faculty-supervised experiences in the clinical area, as well as the community, provide students with the opportunity to implement their knowledge and skills.