MATERNAL-PEDIATRIC NURSING

Catalog description

This blended course assists the student in applying the role of the nurse in providing safe, patient and family-centered care for perinatal, neonatal, and pediatric patients and their families in a simulated lab setting. The focus of this course is on human growth and development, health promotion for the perinatal and child-rearing families and the incorporation of evidence-based practices in the formulation of coordinated nursing care. This course continues to build on the concepts of elimination, oxygenation, mobility, metabolism, nutrition, reproduction/sexuality, immunity, sensory perception, cognition, and legal issues as they relate to the perinatal, neonatal and pediatric patient and their families. Application of the nursing process with consideration for perinatal/neonatal and pediatric patients and their families is included in this course. Lab simulation required. (A special fee will be assessed.)