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NURSE 5566W      Care Of The Childbearing Woman
This course is designed to prepare the woman's health nurse practitioner students in the care and management of the childbearing woman. The focus of the course is on the normal adaptation and pathologic alterations throughout the childbearing period. Emphasis is placed on management of women and families from preconception through the puerperium. Concepts, theories and evidence-based research related to the biopsychosocial and cultural aspects of childbearing will be addressed. Core concepts include adaptation, stress and coping, grief and loss, pain and symptoms management. This course will consist of two credit hours of didactic/discussion and two credit hours of clinical experience to consist of a minimum of 165 hours in the clinical setting. Prerequisite: NURSE 5564PW
Faculty: School of Nursing & Health Studies
Department: Nursing General
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