NURS 331 - Parent and Newborn Nursing

Credit Hours: 4

This theory and clinical course focuses on the transitions related to the childbearing and child-rearing family. Health promotion, disease prevention and health maintenance in families along with family theory and assessment are emphasized. This course provides students with the opportunity to apply concepts of physiology, pathophysiology and related pharmacology as well as medical-surgical nursing therapeutic skills in the perinatal clinical setting. Total Course Hours: 37.5 hours theory, 7.5 hours lab, 75 hours clinical. Special fee applies (see “Special fees” in the “Financial” section of the undergraduate bulletin). (Offered fall/spring/summer)
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 231, BIOL 232, NURS 110, NURS 201, HSPTS 230, NURS 300, and NURS 301.