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NURS 351

Nursing Care of Women and Newborns

College of Nursing

Course Description

Theory and content in the nursing care of childbearing families from diverse backgrounds. Health promotion, assessment, and interventions relating to complicated and uncomplicated pregnancy and birth.

When Taught

Fall and Winter

Grade Rule

Grade Rule 8: A, B, C, D, E, I (Standard grade rule)

Min

2

Fixed

2

Fixed

2

Fixed

0

Other Prerequisites

Courses in Nursing Semester 3.

Title

Nursing Assessment

Learning Outcome

Understand essential skills necessary to perform assessment and management of women, newborns, and childbearing families.

Title

Quality of Nursing Care Delivery

Learning Outcome

Demonstrate an understanding of nursing knowledge and skills necessary to provide professional, quality nursing care for diverse women, newborns, and childbearing families.

Title

Christ-like Caring

Learning Outcome

Integrate the values of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and gain an understanding of the spiritual influences affecting care of women, newborns, and childbearing families.

Title

Health Promotion of Childbearing Families

Learning Outcome

Understand essential skills necessary to perform assessment and management of normal antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and newborn patients

Title

Communication and Collaboration

Learning Outcome

Demonstrate appropriate interpersonal communication, collaboration, and behavior in varied settings with clients, families, peers, faculty, and health care teams.

Title

Scholarship for Evidence Based Practice

Learning Outcome

Demonstrate retrieval, application and evaluation of scholarly knowledge related to practice issues in the care of women, newborns, and childbearing families.