2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog

NUR 407 Nursing in Women's Health and Newborn Care

Theoretical basis for intervention with the childbearing family in various stages of development, degrees of wellness, and multicultural backgrounds. Addresses preparation for labor and delivery, the labor process, nursing care of the newborn and family, nutritional needs of the newborn, surgical interventions in obstetrics & gynecology, nursing management of complications during labor & delivery and during the postpartum period, nursing care of the high risk newborn & family, nursing management of physiological/psychological changes of pregnancy, growth & development of the fetus, nursing management of complications during the prenatal period, nursing care of the infertile family, & the role of the nurse in genetic assessment and counseling. Three classroom hours and six clinical hours per week.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

Prerequisites or

Corequisite

NUR 315, NUR 331, and NUR 371/372.