Childbearing Families.

Catalog description

Anticipated first class: Fall 2027 Integrating the fundamentals of care for the roles of the professional nurse as a provider of patient-centered care, member of the profession and healthcare team, and patient safety advocate, this course focuses on family-centered clinical concepts and skills of childbearing families from preconception to birth. Special emphasis is placed on the childbearing persons’ holistic health assessment, health promotion and prevention, and maintenance of physical and emotional health and wellbeing; and deviations from optimal health or end-of-life experience of childbearing families. Students discuss the impact of social determinants of health effect on the health and wellness of the childbearing person and the families along with nursing implications for healthcare policy for this population. The course imparts nursing knowledge, caring and compassion, develops clinical judgment skills, fosters situational awareness, communication, and assessment skills central to the nursing process in the care of childrearing families. Application of clinical concepts and skills are practiced in simulation and various clinical settings. An additional fee is associated with this course. See the fee schedule for details at https://www.stmarytx.edu/admission/financial-aid/tuition/. Prerequisite: NU 3601 Adult Health.