Family Nursing: Childbearing Families

Catalog description

This course focuses on person-centered nursing care and application of the nursing process to promote and restore the health of diverse childbearing families and their newborn(s). Physiological and psychosocial alterations are explored from a systems perspective with special emphasis on the holistic needs of the childbearing family. Students utilize clinical judgement to manage the health needs of childbearing families. Students will demonstrate strategies for health promotion and health education for diverse childbearing clients and families.