Specific exercises and opportunities emphasize critical thinking, communication, cultural considerations, growth and development, assessment, legal and ethical considerations, and management principles. This course focuses on the application of the nursing process to the childbearing family. Content includes reproductive anatomy and physiology, conception and fetal development, pregnancy, pregnancy at risk, the birth process, the postpartum period, the normal newborn, the newborn with selected risks, and methods of fertility control. Concurrent campus and clinical lab experiences are provides. Utilization of the nursing process with applications to the individual experiencing biopsychosocial alterations in the health state.
Emphasis is placed on the use of the therapeutic interpersonal process in meeting client's needs.
Management of the therapeutic milieu and time related issues are also addressed. Includes an overview of mental health nursing and care of the persons with disrupted coping patterns and altered thought processes. Concurrent campus and clinical lab experiences are provided in institutional and community-based practice settings. Discusses how best to meet these responsibilities. Individualized study of selected aspects in nursing.