PNSG 1635 Maternal Nursing

Focuses on maternal and newborn patient care aspects of health management and maintenance and prevention of
illness, care of the individual as a whole, and deviations from the normal state of health. The definition of client care
includes using the nursing process, performing assessments, using critical thinking, providing client education, displaying
cultural competence across the life span, and with attention to special populations. Topics include the function of the
human body systems, terminology associated with healthcare, health management and maintenance and prevention of
illness; care of the individual as a whole; and deviations from the normal state of health in the reproductive system,
pathological and nonpathological concerns in obstetric clients, and the newborn; client care, treatment, pharmacology,
medication administration, and diet therapy related to the reproductive system, obstetric clients, and the newborn, and
standard precautions. After this maternity course, students will have completed a minimum of 1500/50 (30) lecture and
lab contact hours and 3000/60 (50) clock hours of reproductive, maternity, and newborn-related clinical experience.