NURS 228 - Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family

Institution:

Johnson County Community College

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Prerequisites: ENGL 121 and PSYC 218 and NURS 126 Corequisites: BIOL 230 and either SOC 122 or SOC 125 and NURS 230 This course is the third or fourth in a sequence of five nursing courses. Students will acquire nursing knowledge and skills necessary to care for the childbearing family. Common alterations, stressors in the family, cultural sensitivity and the art of nursing will be emphasized during the antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum and newborn periods. Students will use principles of therapeutic communication, critical thinking, and teaching/learning to apply nursing process to both normal and high-risk mothers and newborns. In the clinical component, students will apply theoretical content and therapeutic nursing interventions with a caring approach to a culturally diverse population. Course instruction will occur in the classroom, online, in the health resource center and health care agencies. This course will be taken in the same semester with NURS 230, Nursing Care of Children. Enrollment in certain courses may require a professional liability fee of $16.00. Students will be notified via their JCCC student e-mail account if the fee is due and instructions on how to pay the fee. 4 hrs. lecture, 1 hr. lab, 15 hrs. clinical/wk. Associated Costs: In addition to the course tuition, fees, and textbooks, this course has additional expense considerations that are estimated to be $160.

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5.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.jccc.edu

Phone Number:

(913) 469-8500

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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