Maternal/Child Health Nursing Care

Catalog description

The course advances skills in patient and family-centered care. Focus is on thechildbearing woman and family along with consideration of cultural, spiritual, andsocial variations. Study is of expected processes and problems occurring duringchildbearing and care of the newborn. Emphasis is on prioritization of care, useof evidence-based practice, application of scientific principles and theory, andpromotion of health maintenance behaviors in maternal health nursing practice.Registration in this course requires that students purchase liability insurancethrough the College. (2.5 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. clinical) Prerequisite: NUR133 andNUR136 or NUR126 and NUR127. Corequisite for Day and LPN-RN Program:NUR236.