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Intro to Maternal/Child Nursing (PNN 423)

Term: 2011-2012 Fall

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Janet K EkvallShow MyInfo popup for Janet K Ekvall
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Study of family-centered nursing care. Maternity focus: Preconception, pregnancy and major complications; the birth process, postpartum nursing care and newborn care. Contraception, infertility, common neonatal birth defects and principles of newborn care for preterm infants, term infants and post term infants. Pediatric focus: Principles of human growth and development to provide nursing care to families with infants, children, or adolescents. Nursing care for the prevention and treatment of common pediatric disorders. Clinical component is in acute care obstetrical and pediatric setting.