PNN 424 - Introduction to Obstetrics

Prerequisites:
BIO 151, BIO 168, BIO 173, BIO 186, and EDU 160
NURSING CREDIT TYPE
2 credit(s)

This course includes health teaching related to the study of family centered nursing care. Maternity focus: The study of preconception; pregnancy and major complications; the birth process; postpartum nursing care; and newborn care. Students learn about contraception; infertility; common neonatal birth defects; and differentiate principles of newborn care for preterm infants, term infants, and post term infants.