NURS 4407 - Nursing Care of Women and Children II

Credit(s): 4

This course builds upon Women and Children I and previous, concurrent and prerequisite courses. It provides students with the opportunity for critical thinking and the acquisition and application of nursing theory, research and practice with clients from birth to adolescence, and women and their families in the intrapartum and postpartum periods. Acute and complex health needs of the perinatal period, neonates and children will be explored. Issues related to care of the high-risk family, as well as those experiencing uncomplicated labor and birth, will be discussed. The role of the nurse as an integral part of the interdisciplinary health care team and the rich opportunities for client and family teaching are highlighted. Students will use the nursing process when providing holistic care of women, children and their families of diverse spiritual, ethnocultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Concurrently: No Prerequisite Course(s): NURS 3630 - Nursing Care of Young Adult to ElderlyNURS 3630/NURS 3030, NURS 3431/NURS 3031, NURS 3232/NURS 3032 Co-requisite Course(s): NURS 4007 - Nursing Care of Women and Children II PracticumNURS 4007, NURS 4606/NURS 4006, NURS 4208/NURS 4008