NURS 4344 - Health of Traditional And Alternative Families

Institution:

Northwest University

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Description:

Focuses on health and disruption in prospective families, and families of traditional and different configurations by using a variety of theories, assessment tools, and intervention strategies. This course emphasizes family as the client, and considers health care needs of parents, caretakers, children, grandparents, and alternative family members from sociocultural perspectives. It includes phases of preconception, reproduction, early childhood growth, development, and maturation into the teen years. Students use research methods, such as epidemiological, demographic, and descriptive analyses, to further understand nursing implications and appropriate interventions. Prerequisites: NURS 3354 Adult and Gerontologic Health, NURS 3362 Bio-psychosocial Nursing, and NURS 3956 Therapeutic Nursing Interventions II. Required immunizations: second in Hepatitis A series, third in Hepatitis B series; annual TB test (performed after the May following your junior year).

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.northwestu.edu

Phone Number:

(425) 822-8266

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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