NU 124 Sections 01,02,03,04,05,06
Spring 2022
Credit Hours: 2
Course meeting times :2 Class Hours/Week/for 15 weeks
Monday 0800-1000
... [Show More] Monday 1400-1600
Monday 1900-2100
Thursday 0800-1000
Thursday 1400-1600
Thursday 1900-2100
II. Required Text(s)/ Materials:
Perry,S.E.,Lowdermilk,D.L.,Cashion,K.,Alden,K,Hockenberry,M.J.,Wilson,D.,Rodgers,
C.C.(2018) Maternal Child Nursing Care: 6th edition. Elsevier
Required Online Resources Evolve Resources-Download and access before class starts
III. Instructor Information
Kimberly Rider RN, MSN
Office Number- 827-2572
Office Hours-Posted on the door- Monday 6-7 pm, Wednesday 12-1 pm,
Thursday 4-5 pm
E-mail address – [email protected]
Open labs available by appointment online through the sign-up genius
IV. Course Description
Classroom theory and clinical experiences will provide a foundation for nursing care of
childbearing women through pregnancy, labor and birth, the postpartum period, and the
newborn stage. Women’s health and contraception are also discussed. The nurse’s role in
health promotion, health maintenance, and health restoration will be emphasized.
Independent and supervised clinical experiences, lectures, discussion, seminars,
simulation lab, library research, and computer assignments will be utilized to promote
student learning. Prerequisites BIO131/BIO131L, NU110, NU112, NU114, NU116, and
PSY101 Prerequisite or Concurrent: BIO223/BIO223L, NU115, NU122, and PSY102 N
A satisfactory clinical grade, A classroom minimum grade of C, and all progression
policy standards must be met to pass NU124 and progress in the nursing program.
V. General Education/Program Learning Outcomes
All students completing this program are expected to achieve the General Education
outcomes listed on page 48 of the course catalog as well as the following learning
objectives:
Demonstrate quantitative reasoning in the practice of nursing.
Demonstrate effective communication in the role of Registered Nurse when
interacting with clients and members of the inter-disciplinary inter-professional
healthcare team.
Utilize the nursing process, critical thinking, and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to
provide safe and effective nursing care.
Utilize technology in the provision of safe nursing care.
Provide culturally competent therapeutic nursing care.
Collaborate with members of the inter-disciplinary interprofessional healthcare team
in the role of the practical nurse.
VI. Course Learning Outcomes
1. Incorporate evidence-based practice to provide competent care based on client
responses to physiological and psychological adaptations during antepartum,
postpartum and newborn periods.
2. Identify safety measures employed in maternal-neonatal health care settings.
3. Collaborate with the inter-disciplinary inter-professional healthcare team in managing the care
of maternal neonatal patients.
Clinical Learning Outcomes:
At the end of this course the student will be able to:
1. Perform a nursing assessment on a newborn and post-partum client.
2. Demonstrate competency in performing a basic interpretation of the electronic fetal
monitoring strips.
3. Observe and report significant changes in the condition of the labor
5. Evaluate the condition of the newborn with the use of the APGAR scoring system.
7. Apply nursing interventions to maintain body temperature and respirations in the newborn
infant.
8. Assess and record pertinent observations during the fourth stage of labor. (i.e. fundus, pain,
vital signs, IV, etc.)
9. Model professional behaviors including teaching/learning and use of informatics in the
provision of nursing care.
10. Prepare a concept map on a maternal and neonatal client.
VII. Federal Credit Hour Notification
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