Maternal-child nursing is a specialty focused on the care of women throughout their pregnancy and childbirth and the care of their newborn children. Focus is on the reduction of maternal, perinatal, infant and childhood mortality and morbidity and the promotion of reproductive health and the physical and psychosocial development of the child and adolescent within the family. This course has didactic and clinical components.
Prerequisites
BIOL 120, 121; NURS 203,204,302,304,305.
Corequisites
Three lecture hours and two lab/clinical hours.