PNUR 235 Newborn/Maternal/Repro/Pediatrics

This course facilitates the application of the nurse process in the care of a developing human, from prenatal to through adolescence milestones to promote optimal individual health and development at any stage of the health continuum. Male & female reproduction, including normal & abnormal pregnancy will also be discussed.

Credits

4

Distribution

Career Training

Offered

Fall, Spring

Notes

Online

Outcomes

1. Identify the impact of economic, social, cultural, spiritual, and demographic forces on the role of the nurse in the delivery of health care during the various stages of human life span (prenatal to adolescents)
2. Explain prenatal development from conception through birth.
3. Compare and contrast the normal physiological changes and psychological adaptations that occur in pregnancy and postpartum
4. Demonstrate therapeutic communication skills to practice nursing care that is patient and family centered, culturally sensitive and based on the physiological, psychosocial and spiritual needs of patients from birth to adolescence.
5. Examine growth and development from infancy to adolescence, by classifying typical and atypical progress through each domain of human development
6. Evaluate growth and development of a pediatric patient from infancy to adolescence, utilizing a developmental screening tool
7. Identify signs and symptoms of cardiovascular disease, neurological disease, respiratory disease, musculoskeletal disease, childhood psychological diseases
8. Describe the effect of illness and hospitalization on the pediatric patient and family.