NURS 355 - Nursing of Childbearing Family

4 Credits
This course identifies the role of the nurse in caring for the maternity client and family. Emphasis will be placed on critical thinking, along with the theoretical content relevant to the mother and neonate’s health care needs. Family planning, well woman health, preparing for pregnancy, fetal development from conception to birth, and both the physiological and psychological processes of pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum care will be areas of focus.

Grade Note(s): A grade of B- or better is required to complete this course successfully.
Fees: Additional course fees apply.
Component Co-requisite(s): NURS 355 and NURS 355C. The lecture, lab (L) and clinical (C) components of each NURS course must be successfully completed during the same semester. All component co-requisites must be repeated if a failing grade is received in any one of them.
Prerequisite(s): NURS 334, NURS 334L and NURS 334C
Co-requisite(s): NURS 370L