I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Maternal Child Health

2. Course Prefix & Number:
PNUR 1175

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 2

Lecture Hours: 2

Lab Hours: 0

4. Course Description:

5. Placement Tests Required:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

7. Other Prerequisites

9. Co-requisite Courses:

II. Transfer and Articulation

1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:

St. Cloud Technical College, PRSG 2450 Family Health Nursing, 3 credits
Ridgewater College, NURS 1400 Family Nursing, 2 credits

III. Course Purpose

1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):

Practical Nursing, Diploma

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

• Recognize signs and symptoms of pregnancy
• Describe prenatal care including length of pregnancy and due date calculation
• Identify pregnancy complications including infections and other high risk factors
• Differentiate the four stages of labor, including nursing care in each stage
• Identify the differences between true and false labor
• Relate the complications of labor and methods of monitoring mother and fetus, examples fetal monitoring and c-section delivery
• Integrate pain management methods for the laboring patient
• Relate postpartum care and complications
• Contrast breast and bottle feeding
• Describe the newborn, including the preterm, postterm, and term newborn
• Demonstrate the care of a newborn with a complication
• Describe the role of the nurse in women’s health-care
• Explain the pediatric child’s hospital experience in each stage of development
• Apply nursing care of the pediatric child with a condition of the following systems:
• Neurological, musculoskeletal, respiratory, blood and lymph, circulatory, gastrointestinal, urinary, integumentary, endocrine, and reproductive
• Demonstrate ability to calculate pediatric medication dosages
• Explain the nurse's role in reporting child abuse
• Relate developmental characteristics and teaching/learning strategies that are appropriate to the pediatric patient

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

1. Lecture Sessions

1. Unit 1
• Past, present and future in maternity and pediatric nursing
• Human reproductive anatomy and physiology
• The nurses role in women’s health care
• Prenatal development
• Prenatal care and Pregnancy care
• Nursing care of women with pregnancy complications
2. Unit 2
• Nursing care of mother and infant during labor and birth
• Management of pain in labor and delivery
• Nursing care of women with complications during labor and birth
• Nursing care of women with complications following birth
3. Unit 3
• The family after birth
• The term Newborn
• Pre and post term newborns
• The newborn with complications
4. Unit 4
• The child’s experience with hospitalization
• Health care adaptations for the child and family
• The child with a neurological condition
5. Unit 5
• The child with a musculoskeletal condition
• The child with a respiratory or cardiovascular condition
• The child with a blood or lymph condition
• The child with a gastrointestinal condition
6. Unit 6
• The child with a genitourinary condition
• The child with a skin condition
• The child with a metabolic condition
• The child with a communicable disease
• The child with an emotional or behavioral condition