COURSE SYLLABUS

DISCIPLINE: NURS

COURSE: 440

Title of Course: Nursing of the Childbearing Family

 

A.    Catalog Entry

      Nursing of the Childbearing Family (5)

      Three hours lecture; six hours practicum.

      Prerequisites: Admission to Upper Division Nursing Major, NURS 320, 340, 34l, 342, 343

      Semester offered: Fall

 

B.    Detailed Description of Content of the Course

      In-depth consideration of the childbearing cycle. Application of theory through nursing care of clients and families during the childbearing phase of the life cycle.

      Topical Outline:

      1.    Choice in Childbearing Decisions: Promoting and Protecting Reproductive Health

            a.    Contraception

            b.    Surgical termination of fertility

            C.    Social issues regarding choice

      2.    Pregnancy Achieved: Nursing Interventions to Promote and Protect Health

            a.    Development of maternal-fetal unit

            b.    Pregnancy from a fetal perspective

            c.    Pregnancy from a maternal perspective

            d.    Pregnancy from a family perspective

      3.    Childbirth

            a.    Labor and delivery

            b.    Nursing measures to promote and protect health

      c.    The newborn - immediate care

      4.    Parents and Newborn Postpartum: Promoting and Protecting Health

            a.    The developing family

            b.    The newborn

            c.    Maternal recovery from pregnancy and childbirth

      5.    Childbearing Family: Restoring Health

            a.    Reproductive risk: Achieving pregnancy

            b.    Reproductive risk: Pregnancy

            c.    Reproductive risk: Labor and delivery

            d.    Reproductive risk: Postpartum

            e.    Reproductive risk: The sick newborn

 

C.    Detailed Description of Conduct of Course

      The following teaching strategies will be employed:

      Readings, lecture, discussion, AV materials, writing-to-learn, clinical experiences.

 

D.    Goals and Objectives of the Course

      1.    Applies the nursing process to promote, protect, and restore the holistic health of childbearing families.

      2.    Performs theory-based therapeutic nursing interventions for childbearing families.

      3.    Collaborates with childbearing families and other health care professionals to provide culturally sensitive nursing care.

      4.    Demonstrates critical thinking regarding professional nursing practice and health care issues pertinent to the childbearing family.

      5.    Utilizes effective written, oral, and nonverbal communication skills relevant to nursing care of childbearing families.

      6.    Evidences commitment to personal and professional development when working with childbearing families.

 

E.    Assessment Measures

      May include:

            Tests; Exam; Quiz

            Paper

            Project, Individual or Group

            Care Plan

            Oral Presentations

            Class Participation

 

F.    Other Course Information

 

 

G.    Review and Approval

      Date              Action                  Reviewed by

      April 1998        Refined Assessment      Janet Hardy Boettcher

                        Measures                Director

      September 2001    Reviewed Course         Janet Hardy Boettcher

                                                Director