2020-2021 General Catalog 
    
    Apr 16, 2024  
2020-2021 General Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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RNSG 1412 - Nursing Care of the Childbearing and Child Rearing Family


(4:4:0) This course is the study of the concepts related to the provision of nursing care for childbearing and childrearing families within the four roles of nursing (member of the profession, provider of patient- centered care, patient safety advocate, and member of the health care team ). This course includes the application of systematic problem-solving processes and critical thinking skills, including a focus on the childbearing family during the perinatal periods and the childbearing family from birth to adolescence. Upon completion of this course, the student will show competency in knowledge, judgment, skill and professional values within a legal/ethical framework focused on childbearing and childrearing families. Supportive foundation knowledge needed to care for the childbearing/childrearing individual, family and community includes physical and emotional aspects of nursing care, integrating developmental, nutritional, and pharmacological concepts. Additionally, essential in success are concepts of communication, safety, legal ethical issues, current technology, economics, humanities and biological, social and behavioral sciences.   Semester Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 0 Pre-requisite: ENGL 1301, BIOL  2401, BIOL 2402, BIOL 2420, PSYC 2314, RNSG 1413, RNSG 1105, RNSG 1144, RNSG 1160, RNSG 1115, RNSG 1441, RNSG 2460, RNSG 2313, RNSG 1443, RNSG 2461, with a grade of “C” or better in each.  This course lends itself to a blocked approach.  This course must be taken concurrently with RNSG 2462.



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