Care of the Childbearing Family: Didactic and Practicum

Prerequisite(s): NURS 230, NURS 240 and NURS 315; departmental approval. Corequisite(s): NURS 335. Restriction(s): Admission into the School of Nursing. This didactic and practicum course provides students with the knowledge required to assess risk, develop, implement, and evaluate plans of care across the health-illness continuum for culturally diverse childbearing families during prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum periods. Students critically consider the implications of physiologic, genetic, economic, technological, cultural, nutrition, and environmental factors on childbearing and reproductive health. Health promotion, disease, injury prevention, risk reduction, restoration of health, and end of life issues are examined from a local and global perspective. Students apply best evidence to develop nursing diagnoses, plan, implement, and evaluate therapeutic interventions for women, infants, and families. Safety in the calculation and administration of medications, aseptic technique, therapeutic communication, teaching learning, ethical, legal, spiritual, and psychosocial. Special fee.