RNSG 2120 — Nurs Care of Childbearing Fam
Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family is offered in the fall semester of the second year of the nursing program. This course focuses on the nursing needs of culturally diverse individuals experiencing pregnancy, childbirth, and the post partum period as well as women's health alterations. Growth and development from conception through the fetal period is presented. Nursing needs of the infant up to 1 year is also emphasized. Assessment of the maternity patient and the newborn are introduced. Social, legal, and ethical issues related to reproduction are explored. The curriculum threads of nutrition, pharmacology, growth and development, communication, cultural diversity, teaching/learning process, nursing process/critical thinking, legal/ethical factors, technological competence, safety, the health illness continuum, therapeutic interventions, and disaster/emergency management continue to be incorporated throughout the course. The roles of the associate degree nurse as a provider of care, a manager of care, and a member of the discipline of nursing are discussed. The nurse's role in the promotion and restoration of optimal health is included. The lecture and laboratory component of this course introduces the student to the application of the nursing process to patients during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period and to patients with selected womens health alterations. Emphasis on identification of physiological and psychosocial problems, goal setting, selection o