NURS 1400 Family Nursing I

2.0 - 3.0 - 3.0

Prerequisite

(2) NURS 1120 and NURS 1950 - must be completed prior to taking this course.

Corequisite

(1) NURS 1400L - must be taken at the same time as this course.

Course Description

This course focuses on the common health and wellness needs of individuals in the child-bearing and child-rearing years. Topics include the pregnancy process and concepts of maternal and child nursing as it relates to facilitation of the attainment of health and wellness for the ante-partum, intra-partum, post-partum, and normal newborn. The course discusses normal growth and development and select health problems from infancy through adolescence. This course includes didactic and a clinical component.