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5547N Advanced Health Assessment Of The Neonate (3)

A developmental and systematic approach to the advanced assessment of physiological, psychological, sociocultural and developmental aspects of the fetus, mother in the prenatal period, and the neonate is discussed. The approach builds on basic assessment skills and emphasizes perinatal, genetic, and embryologic factors impacting neonatal development. Ways to assess the pregnant woman for problems, the use of special diagnostic tests, and the assessment of the neonate also are expected. This course requires 40 hours of laboratory/clinical activities during the semester, which provide opportunities to implement various assessment and diagnostic procedure, complete a perinatal history. This three credit hour course consists of two hours of lecture/discussion and five hours of clinical/lab per week.

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