NSG 60 - Maternity Nursing

Transfer Status

CSU

Prerequisite

NSG 54, NSG 55, NSG 56

Corequisite

NSG 62, NSG 63, NSG 66

Unit(s)

2.00

• Lecture: 34.00 Contact hours/68.00 Out of class hours/102.00 Total hours/2.00 Unit(s)
• Total: 34.00 Contact hours/68.00 Out of class hours/102.00 Total hours/2.00 Unit(s)

Course Description: This course prepares the Associate Degree Nursing student to care for clients in the maternity setting. The focus is on family centered maternity nursing beginning in the prenatal period through the care of the family in the postpartum period and care of the newborn. Using a nursing process approach, study includes normal and high risk maternal care and normal and high risk infant care. In addition, content related to the male and female reproductive system is addressed. Graded only.

Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Identify principles of effective communication that demonstrate caring, sensitivity, and cultural awareness for clients in maternal-newborn settings and with reproductive system disorders.
2. Describe the nursing and medical management for clients with reproductive system disorders.
3. Categorize principles of assessment based on functional health patterns for clients in maternal-newborn settings and with reproductive system disorders.
4. Utilize critical decision making skills to discuss the health care for clients in maternal-newborn settings and with reproductive system disorders.
5. Describe caring interventions for clients in maternal-newborn settings and with reproductive system disorders.
6. List and describe principles of teaching and learning for clients in maternal-newborn settings and with reproductive system disorders.
7. Describe the nursing and medical management for clients with low risk pregnancy, and labor, and delivery.
8. Describe the nursing and medical management for clients with high risk pregnancy, and labor, and delivery.
9. Describe nursing care and medical management for the low and high risk newborn.
10. Explain cultural care considerations for clients in the maternal-newborn setting, and with reproductive disorders.

Topic Titles / Suggested Time Topic

Lecture

1. Class Activities
2. Demonstrations
3. Group Discussions
4. Homework: Students are required to complete two hours of outside-of-class homework for each hour of lecture
5. Lecture
6. Multimedia Presentations
7. Reading Assignments

1. Exams/Tests
2. Papers
3. Homework
4. Final Examination
5. Written Assignments

Reading Assignments

1. Read the Apgar scoring system in your textbook and be prepared to discuss in class.
2. Read the degrees of episiotomies and/or lacerations in your textbook and relate the information to a patient you have cared for.

Writing Assignments

1. Complete the Pregnancy Worksheet using your textbook and other sources for reference.
2. Complete the Labor and Delivery Worksheet using your textbook and other sources for reference.

Out-of-Class Assignments

1. Review the Pitocin Induction/Augmentation drip rate calculation. Be prepared to discuss in class.
2. Wear the "Empathy Belly" for 4 hours and be prepared to discuss your experience in class.

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Carpentino-Moyet, L.J. (2016). Nursing Diagnosis, Application to Clinical Practice. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 15th.

Gahart, B., Nazareno, A. & Ortega, M. (2017). Intravenous Medications. St Louis: Mosby, 33rd.

Lewis, et al. (2017). Medical Surgical Nursing - Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems. St Louis: Elsevier, 10th.

McKinney, E, et al. (2017). Maternal Child Nursing. St Louis: Elsevier, 5th.

Nursing (Masters Required)