RN 215 — Professional Nursing: Maternal/Neonate
The course will identify the role of the nurse in the assessment, diagnosis, planning, delivery, and evaluation of care to th e childbearing family from preconception through the postpartum and neonatal period. The differing family components and structures will be investigated. Physiological and psychological aspects of pregnancy including the stages of fetal development, labor, delivery, and postpartum care will be reviewed. The nursing process will be utilized to critically evaluate realistic outcomes based on client priorities. Composite nursing theory is used as the students continue to build skill in utilizing the nursing process.