NURS 416: Practicum: Maternal-Newborn Nursing

This clinical course utilizes the nursing process to plan and provide comprehensive care for the Childbearing family. Collaborative, interdisciplinary approaches are discussed in the provision of care with special considerations to the family’s sociocultural and developmental attributes Community resources are explored to provide continuity of care from the acute care setting to the home for the promotion of health and prevention of disease for the childbearing family. Students are exposed to various, simulations, and clinical observations in the following areas: antepartum, labor and delivery, postpartum, and nursery. Observational opportunities in perinatal clinics and community-based health education programs for childbearing families are accessed to enhance student learning experiences. All students will have a rotation in an urban underserved area.