NURS 341 - Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family

Credits 2
The course focuses on the specialized health care needs of the childbearing family. The health responses of the family unit are emphasized as essential to the promotion and maintenance of the health of mother and child. Students develop the necessary knowledge base and learn the importance of collaboration with others of the health care delivery team to provide care and teaching for pregnancy, delivery, and newborn nursing. Study of the concepts related to the provision of nursing care for childbearing and childrearing families; application of systematic problem-solving processes and critical thinking skills, including a focus on the childbearing family during the perinatal periods and the childbearing family from birth to toddler; and competency in knowledge, judgment, skill, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. Lecture, 30 hours.
Take NURS-300 (Required, Previous)
Take NURS-341L (Required, Concurrent)