2023-2024 Academic Catalog

NU 301 Care of the Childbearing Family

This course introduces the student to family health nursing theory and nursing practice with emphasis on the childbearing family and well-child. Nursing care of the childbearing family from conception, to pregnancy, through childbirth and the postpartum period, including care of the newborn and pediatric client is presented within the context of a family-centered, developmental approach. The concepts of family structure, functions, values, culture, and spirituality are explored and applied to health promotion interventions for the childbearing family.

Credits

4.5

Prerequisite

Take NU-201 and NU-202. Take PSY-203.

Offered

Annual Fall Semester