RNSG 2230 MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING
This course prepares students to provide care to obstetric and newborn patients. Emphasis is placed on using the nursing process and critical thinking skills in the development, and implementation of a plan of care for obstetric and newborn patients. Family structures, psychosocial and cultural influences on childbearing and newborn families educational needs assessment of the obstetric and newborn patients, pregnancy and child birth, high risk pregnancies and deliveries, and conditions present in the newborn at birth are discussed. Supervised inpatient and outpatient clinical rotations will provide the opportunities for the students to achieve the course competencies.
Lecture Hours
30
Lab Hours
90