NUR 1127 - Health of Women and Infants

Institution:

Columbia State Community College

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Description:

This course continues to focus on patients' basic needs with emphasis on the nursing process to establish and maintain a safe environment. Students are introduced to the childbearing patient and family, and issues affecting women's and infant's health. All units contain physical and cultural factors that may contribute to the development and treatment of disease processes. Childbearing content will focus on basic needs of the childbearing patient and family, with the main focus on the nursing process throughout the antepartal, intrapartal, post-partal and neonatal period. Common complications of all phases of the childbearing cycle are included. Coexisting conditions that influence pregnancy are introduced and considered in depth in succeeding courses. Pharmacology, nutrition, community resources, legal/ethical issues, communication and cultural factors are integrated throughout the course. (Prerequisites: Successful completion of NUR 1115, NUR 1118, NUR 121, BIOL 2010, BIOL 2020, and PSY 203.) (Corequisites: NUR 1128, NUR 122, NUR 1126, BIOL 2230, and PSY 206.)

Credits:

2.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

www.columbiastate.edu

Phone Number:

(931) 540-2722

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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