Discussion: Therapeutic care of women

Discussion: Therapeutic care of women

For every 1 hour in a theory class, it is expected that students complete 2–3 hours of study in preparation for class. For this course, it is expected that a minimum of 10–15 hours of study outside of class is completed each week. Please check your Student Portal for specific class meeting times, dates, and locations.

In some courses, there is a required online Blackboard Collaborate Virtual Class Session in week 10. Please see course specifics below.

You are not required to complete any pre-work before Week 1, however, preparation for class is recommended.

 Contact Information

 Course Description This course focuses on nursing concepts in the therapeutic care of women, mothers, infants, children, adolescents, and their families. Concepts include major health promotion and disease prevention, nursing process, therapeutic communication, evidence-based practice, teaching/learning principles, and role development in the care of women, infants and children, and families.

Total Course Credits:

2

Total Course Hours:

30

Lecture Hours In-Class:

30

Lab Hours:

0

Supervised Clinical/Practicum Hours:

0

Externship/Internship Hours:

0

Requisites Course Prerequisites: NURS 120 and NURS 121L Course Corequisites: NURS 316L

 Course Learning Outcomes 1. Interpret how the Healthy People 2020 Objectives and other major health promotion and disease prevention concepts will improve

the health and welfare of women, newborns, and families. 2. Discuss current issues regarding women’s health care as they transition through the life cycle. 3. Describe significant aspects of human sexuality and reproduction and apply this knowledge in planning nursing care and

comprehensive teaching plans for individuals and families throughout the life cycle.

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4. Analyze the physiologic and psychosocial aspects of uncomplicated and complicated pregnancy from conception to postpartum and plan appropriate nursing interventions for actual and potential self-care demands for each stage.

5. Discuss and apply the nursing process to the obstetrical patient and neonates suffering from a variety of acute and chronic disease states, assessing health deviations, developing expected outcomes, and identifying and validating the effectiveness of nursing interventions.

6. Incorporate evidence-based nursing research from a variety of sources including pharmaceutical, biological, psychosocial, and behavioral sciences in the nursing process when planning care for women, newborns, and families.

7. Evaluate the impact of cultural, ethical, legal, gender, and economic issues related to health care of women, newborns, and their families.

8. Describe nutritional requirements for newborns and for women throughout the life cycle, with emphasis on pregnant, breastfeeding, and post-menopausal women, and plan nursing interventions for actual and potential nutritional deficits for selected patients.

9. Identify and explore the role of the nurse as provider, manager, and coordinator of therapeutic care for women, newborns, and their families.

10. Identify community resources and referrals appropriate for childbearing women, newborns, and families; with particular attention to families facing major health problems and special health care needs.