CATALOG# NUR210

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July 2006

MoberlyAreaCommunity College

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NUR210: WOMEN’S HEALTH AND NEWBORNS

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Course Description:NUR210Women’s Health and Newborns(3-1-4)

This course is designed to provide a basis for beginning-level competence in maternal-newborn nursing. The primary emphasis of the course is the nursing process in the child-bearing and newborn care.

Prerequisite/Co-requisite: Fundamentals of Nursing Practice, Adult Health Nursing Practice I, Mental Health Nursing Practice, Human anatomy and Physiology, General Psychology, Human Lifespan, Microbiology, Child Health Nursing.

Texts: Wong and Perry, Maternal Child Nursing Care – Study Guide, 4th Edition, Elsevier/Mosby Publisher, ISBN: 978-0-323-06697-6.

Wong and Perry, Maternal Child Nursing Care with CD, 4th Edition, Elsevier/Mosby Publisher, ISBN: 978-0-323-05720-2.

Holloway, Moredich, Aduddell, OB, PEDS, Women’s Health Notes, 6th Edition, F. A. Davis Publisher, ISBN: 978-0-8036-1466-6.

MACC, Women’s Health & Newborn. MACC Publisher. ISBN: unknown.

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Purpose of Course: This third semester nursing course focuses on guiding students in applying the nursing process using tenets of critical thinking with childbearing families. Concepts of human development, family/community systems, safe/protective environment, therapeutic communication, health education, and culturally-specific health care are emphasized and applied to clients in a variety of maternal-infant settings. Ethical/legal issues pertaining to obstetric, gynecologic clients are explored. At this level students provide increasingly complex care, moving toward more independent practice, and increasing professional accountability. Along with care in the clinical setting, emphasis is placed on collaboration with families and members of the healthcare team. Further emphasis is placed on guided professional development and self-assessment.

Course Objectives:

  1. Apply knowledge and skills from general, foundational, and prerequisite

courses to classroom and clinical situations in caring for women, newborns and the childbearing families.

  1. Draws on knowledge of deviations from normal which raise the risk for complications for Maternal-Child clients during the reproductive process.
  2. Identify resulting changes in family structure, function, and roles associated with childbearing families.
  3. Analyze personal values as they relate to moral, ethical, social, cultural, and economic issues in childbearing families.
  4. Demonstrate a commitment of self-assessment and ongoing professional development.
  5. Identify and describe teaching techniques appropriate for childbearing families.
  6. Discuss pharmacological aspects of childbearing clients and newborns with select physiological alterations.

Obstetrical Clinical Objectives:

  1. Provide safe, competent, and holistic care to the childbearing families.
  2. Use critical thinking skills to make appropriate clinical decisions when assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care of childbearing families.
  3. Utilize assessment and communication skills to promote health in childbearing families.
  4. Demonstrate responsibility and accountability for beginning mastery of professional nursing performance through quality of care, application of the nursing process, education and communication, resource utilization, and professional collaboration.
  5. Apply knowledge of differentiated education and practice roles to the development of personal nursing practice and care delivery.
  6. Apply knowledge of differentiated education and practice roles to delivery of health care to populations of childbearing families.

Course Content: Obstetrical nursing, Neonatal nursing, Postpartum nursing.

Assessment of Student Learning:

  1. Grading:

Theory Grade:Unit Exams (10)60%

Final Exam (1)30%

Class Participation10%

Clinical Grade:Bi-weekly Performance Evaluation100%

Assigned Clinical Paperwork100%

To successfully pass this course, the student must meet the following criteria:

  1. Clinical requirements: Receive a satisfactory evaluation in clinical by:

Meeting all critical requirements noted in clinical objectives for semester enrolled (see student handbook).

Meeting all required course objectives related to clinical.

Meeting attendance expectations.

Satisfactory completion of teaching project(s) for the course.

Completion of clinical evaluation conferences with instructor.

  1. Classroom/theory requirements: Meeting all course objectives.

A cumulative average theory grade of 78% (C).

A cumulative average theory grade of 78% (C) for total course points.

Complete participation requirement.

  1. Description of Major Assignments:

Textbook readings, assigned articles, study guide assignments, group projects,

clinical performance, clinical labs.

  1. Exams and Quizzes:

Exams are given at scheduled times throughout the semester and are published

in semester calendar for this course. Quizzes are similarly scheduled in

course reading assignments, but may occur unannounced.

  1. Participation:

Participation in all aspects of the A.D.N. program curriculum is essential for

the learning process. Participation guidelines are followed as outlined in the

A.D.N. Student Handbook.

Program Assessment: The A.D.N. Program faculty continually strives to meet the needs of the A.D.N. student through program improvements. This is a cooperative effort that includes faculty, students, the State Board of Nursing, and other entities as appropriate. Students are assessed on mastery of the course concepts and critical skills throughout the courses of the A.D.N. program. Other program assessments are part of a master, NLN-Comprehensive Nursing Achievement Testing, NCLEX-RN licensure, placement rates, follow-up surveys, and accreditation from the Missouri State Board of Nursing.

General Notes: Student-Instructor conferences as desired by the student or deemed necessary by the instructor.

Instructor Policies:

Academic Dishonesty: MACC board policy is as follows: “Academic dishonesty by students damages institutional credibility and unfairly jeopardizes honest students; therefore, it will not be tolerated in any form.” Forms of academic dishonesty include but are not limited to the following: violations of copyright law, plagiarism, fabrication, cheating, collusion, and other academic misconduct. Incidents of dishonesty regarding assignments, examinations, classroom/laboratory activities, and/or the submission of misleading or false information to the College will be treated seriously. The procedure for handling academic dishonesty is outlined in the Student Handbook (Policy Handbook M.010). In cases of alleged academic dishonesty, the burden of proof is on the student, not on the instructor.

Attendance Requirement: Students are expected to attend all lecture and clinical dates. No clinical make-up time is incorporated into this course and no absences are permitted. If you do not attend daily lectures, you will find it impossible to pass this course. Large volumes of information are covered each day. Please see the instructor for individual concerns.

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Students who have disabilities that qualify under the Americans with Disabilities Act may register for assistance through the Office of Access and ADA Services. Students are invited to contact the Access Office to confidentially discuss disability information, academic accommodations, appropriate documentation and procedures. For more information, please call either the Moberly office at (660) 263-4100 x 11240 or the Columbia office at (573) 234-1067 x 12120, or visit our web page at

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