Nursing Care of Childbearing and Childrearing Families Clinical

Catalog description

PREREQUISITES: NRSG 106 Pharmacology for Nursing; and, depending on program track, must complete one of the following: (a) NRSG 122 Introduction to ASN Transition (LPN to ASN track students who graduated from Ivy Tech greater than 2 years ago or who graduated from a Practical Nursing program outside Ivy Tech); OR (b) NRSG 123 Paramedic to ASN Lab/Clinical (Paramedic to ASN track students); OR, (c) NRSG 110 Medical Surgical Nursing II and NRSG 111 Medical Surgical Nursing II Clinical (ASN Traditional track students), Math 123, MATH 135, MATH 136, MATH 137, MATH 200 or higher COREQUISITE: NRSG 206 Nursing Care of Childbearing and Childrearing Families CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Allows the opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge to provide ethical, culturally competent, and holistic care for childbearing and childrearing families. Emphasis is placed on the prevention of illness and the maintenance, promotion, and restoration of health as well as the support of death with dignity and implementation of the ordered plan of treatment. Knowledge of principles of growth and development, family development, and family nursing are utilized to adapt therapeutic communication, therapeutic intervention, and teaching-learning techniques to provide nursing care to childbearing and childrearing families. The nursing process provides the framework for problem solving and critical thinking in providing nursing care.