WomenΓÇÖs and Family Health Care

Catalog description

The purpose of this course is to prepare the Family Nurse Practitioner student to provide holistic family-centered, community-based care to families including a focus on the specific periods of transition during the childbearing years. Key psychosocial influences will be examined related to care provided for women and men in the context of reproductive health, a complex healthcare system, and the wider global community. Focused areas of study will include relevant reproductive physiolgy, advanced physical assessment, the range of concerns specific to women’s health including the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics that can affect pregnant, lactating women and their infants. Students will engage in comprehensive assessment, development of differential diagnosis and management of common health variations including appropriate pescription medications. The course will prepare the student to work collaboratively with other interprofessional healthcare providers to provide family-centered primary, secondary adn tertiary prevention to childbearing families across the lifespan. Students will explore the components of an artistic nursing practice to the family throughout their childbearing years while considering an Ignatian and holistic worldview. Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Graduate College of Nursing Nursing