PNSG 1805 - Maternal and Child Health

Institution:

Dakota County Technical College

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Description:

Nursing Care of Women/Newborns/Children provides an integrative approach to the care of the childbearing woman, newborns, and children. Prominence is placed on normal pregnancies, normal growth and development, and common pediatric disorders. TOPICS FOR THEORY: Legal and ethical issues, reproductive health care, antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care, newborn care, pediatric emergencies and accident prevention, communicable diseases, alterations in fluid and electrolytes, oxygenation, cardiac output and tissue perfusion, regulation and metabolism, cognition and sensation, immunity, integument, mobility, regulation and metabolism, ingestion/digestion/absorption/elimination, and excretion. Prerequisites: PNSG1010, 1355, 1400, 1600.

Credits:

2.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.dctc.edu/

Phone Number:

(651) 423-8301

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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