COURSE DESCRIPTION:  Study of concepts related to the provision of nursing care for childbearing and childrearing families; application of systematic problem-solving processes and critical thinking skills, including a focus on the childbearing family during the perinatal periods and the childrearing family from birth to adolescence; and competency in knowledge, judgment, skill, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework.  This course lends itself to a blocked approach.

Prerequisites: BIOL 2301, 2101; 2302, 2102; 2320, 2120; and 1322; PSYC 2301 and 2314; AHA/BLS-HCP; RNSG 1413 and 1360. 

 Corequisites:  ENGL 1301 (core), RNSG 1431 and 1460.