NURS 4322 - Health of the Childbearing Family

2 credits

Focuses on health and disruption of health in prospective families emphasizing family as the client. Considers health care needs of parents, caretakers, newborns, siblings, grandparents, and alternative family members from socio-cultural perspectives. Includes womens health, preconception, reproduction, birth, and neonatal health. Uses research methods, such as epidemiological, demographic, and descriptive analyses, to further understand nursing implications and appropriate interventions.

Prerequisite: NURS 3355 Adult and Gerontologic Health, NURS 3362 Bio-psychosocial Nursing, and NURS 3956 Therapeutic Nursing Interventions II.
Corequisite: NURS 4921 Maternity Nursing: Therapeutic Interventions.