LPN 201 — Parent-Child Nursing
This course will introduce the practical nurse to the provision of nursing care for families in the childbearing years. The students will learn how to care for antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum women; newborns; pediatric clients; and their families utilizing a holistic healthcare approach and family-centered care. This includes the physical, psychosocial, growth and development and cultural aspects of nursing care. Care of the maternal and newborn client will include supporting the health of the mother, fetus, newborn, and family by promoting good health habits, reducing risk factors and preparing parents for the responsibilities of parenthood. Care of the pediatric client will include developmentally appropriate physical assessment and nursing care of the whole child including the respiratory, cardiovascular, hematological, cerebral, neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, integumentary, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary systems and disorders. Child abuse recognition and mandated reporting will also be covered.