Humanistic Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family

Catalog description

This Level III theory and clinical nursing course focuses on the nursing care of women, within the context of the family, during the reproductive and childbearing cycles. Issues and the application of the nursing process related to female reproductive roles, sexuality and physiological/psychological abnormalities are discussed. Content related to conception, the childbearing process, postpartum and newborn assessment and care are included. This 4 credit course allocates three (3) credits (hour/week) for didactic learning and 1 credit for 36 hours face to face patient encounters plus 8 Clinical Learning Center hours (equivalent) with four hours of high fidelity simulation clinical experience.