PN106 — Maternal and Child Health Nursing
Utilizing the nursing process to build clinical judgment, this course is designed to introduce the student to the knowledge and skills essential to providing safe, quality nursing care to childbearing women, newborns and children. For the obstetric client, focus is placed on basic care during the antepartal, intrapartal, and postpartum periods including common obstetric and newborn complications. Growth and development of a child from birth through adolescence will be taught along with common pediatric health concerns. Throughout the course, various social determinates of health and their impact on the family unit will be discussed.