N 174LWOMEN'S HEALTH NURSING LAB

Catalog

Focuses on integration and application of the nursing process to care for women, newborns, and families/significant others. The focus is on providing family centered care, application of nursing practice and professional standards, evidence-based practice, safety and quality improvement, nursing informatics and effective health care team effective collaboration with health care team members. Nutrition, medication/ fluid administration, physiology, growth and development, comfort/pain management, and advocacy are emphasized. The following concepts are integrated: diversity among US cultural groups, disease process and illness prevention, restorative care, end of life care, and the values and attitudes required of the professional nurse.