PNSG 1805 - Maternal and Child Health

2 Credits
Prerequisites PNSG 1010, PNSG 1355, PNSG 1400, PNSG 1600

Nursing Care of Women/Newborns/Children provides an integrative approach to the care of the childbearing woman, newborns, and children. Prominence is placed on normal pregnancies, normal growth and development, and common pediatric disorders.TOPICSFOR THEORY:Legal and ethical issues, reproductive health care, antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care, newborn care, pediatric emergencies and accident prevention, communicable diseases, alterations in fluid and electrolytes, oxygenation, cadiac output and tissue perfusion, regulation and metabolism, cognition and sensation, immunity, integument, mobility, regulation and metabolism, ingestion/digestion/absorption/elimination, and excretion.

Learning Outcomes
Distinguish data needed for a focused assessment that contributes to the individual plan of care for women, newborns, and children and interpret critical information (based on focused assessments and interpretations) to be reported to appropriate interprofessional team members.