Maternal Infant Nursing

Catalog description

This course will prepare you to care for women and infants during the perinatal period. Topics will include issues affecting childbearing families including fertility, pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum care, and common problems in infancy. Building on nursing information already gained in previous courses, you will learn how common health disorders and medications affect a pregnant woman and her unborn child. Through interactive course activities, you will address the health needs of women and infants before, during, and after pregnancy as well as throughout infancy. You must successfully meet all requirements of both the didactic and clinical courses. Failure of one course will lead to a repeat of both the didactic and clinical courses.