NURS402 Caring for the Childbearing Family
This course introduces nursing concepts related to women’s health, pregnancy, and immediate care of the newborn. The unique needs of the reproducing family will be explored. Students will study the nursing care for women with reproductive concerns as well as nursing care during preconception, perinatal, postpartum and neonatal periods. Emphasis is placed on normal as well as abnormal processes of childbirth to provide students with the knowledge and basic obstetrical skills to care for women, newborns, and families experiencing a normal obstetrical course and those experiencing complications. Laboratory experiences are provided in the classroom laboratory setting as well as simulation, medical-surgical units, community agencies and any other clinical sites to meet the course objectives.