NUR 117

COURSE SYLLABUS

1. TITLE OF COURSE: Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family

PREFIX/NUMBER: NUR 117 CREDIT HOURS: 3.0 Total

CONTACT HOURS: 30.0 Theory

45.0 Clinical

2. PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of proceeding required program course work or permission of the program director.

3. CO-REQUISITE: Successful completion of concurrent coursework or permission of the program director.

4. COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This is a foundational course in the nursing care of the childbearing family. The focus is on normal pregnancy, physiologic and psychological changes experienced, and care of the normal newborn. The nursing process is used in identifying and meeting the needs of childbearing family to facilitate optimal functioning. The impact of psychosocial and cultural values and practices of the childbearing family are explored. Legal and ethical issues are addressed.

5. STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

A. Course Competencies

1. Identify the legal and ethical implications of maternal-newborn nursing. (IV-V)

2. Understand the impact of psychosocial and cultural values and practices in caring for healthy childbearing family. (I – II)

3. Begin to incorporate diagnostics, dietetics, and pharmacology with nursing care of the childbearing family. ( II – III)

4. Use critical thinking skills to explain nursing process for care of the childbearing family when providing care during pregnancy, labor and delivery, and postpartum. (I – II – III)

5. Use critical thinking skills to explain nursing process for care of the newborn. (III)

6. Demonstrate appropriate teaching-learning strategies when providing information to the childbearing family. (III)

7. Use the nursing process to assess alterations in health affecting the childbearing family. (III)

8. Discuss health maintenance and promotion from conception through postpartum and the neonatal period. (I – II – III)

B. Clinical Competencies (See Clinical Outline below)

1. Utilize the nursing process and develop a caring/therapeutic relationship with the childbearing family. (I – IV)

2. Use the nursing process to assess and predict common needs of the childbearing family and assist in meeting identified needs. (I – II)

3. Share the responsibility for the care of the childbearing family in structured settings utilizing technology, information and resources effectively. (IV – V)

4. Use nursing process to assess family readiness for the childbearing process and care of the newborn. (I – V)

5. Document and communicate appropriately with the multidisciplinary team. (III)

6. Participate in the evaluation of outcomes in implementing care of the childbearing family.

8. Promote ethical, legal and professional awareness and responsibility in self and others while caring for the childbearing family. (I – IV)

10. Demonstrate beginning skills in prioritizing and organizing care of the childbearing family. (III)

11. Individualize available and appropriate instructional materials/aids in addressing knowledge deficit of childbearing family. (I – IV)

* Students passing (achieve at or above national average) ERI testing on first attempt will receive the full 5%.

Students passing on the second attempt along with written documentation of remediation to the instructor will receive 3%.

1. achieve an average of 76% or above on exams given in the theory portion of the course.

2. achieve an average of 76% or above on all clinical/academic papers which will be calculated into the theory portion of the grade once the theory portion has been achieved at 76% or above.

4. complete all skill check offs with a grade of Satisfactory (S). Students must practice on their own time prior to check offs. Students may repeat a check off only one time; after the second time the same check off is failed, a grade of Unsatisfactory (U) will be recorded, resulting in failure of the course. Unsatisfactory check offs (first time) of more than two different check off skills, resulting in multiple repeat check offs, may also result in a failing grade for the course. If a check off must be repeated, it is the responsibility of the student to make an appointment with the faculty member, at the faculty member's discretion, to repeat the check off.

Teaching methods may include: lecture/discussion, guest speakers, audio visual aids, case studies, demonstration/practice skill checks in lab, group presentations, and papers/bibliography cards.

It is the philosophy of the nursing faculty that students are adult learners. Conferences are available on request for enhancing theory comprehension, clinical interventions and test review.

A passing grade of 76% or above is necessary to pass the course. When a student has failed (less than 76%) or withdrawn from a course, the student is ineligible to continue in the program or until the course is repeated and a satisfactory grade is achieved.

For complete information regarding failure/continuation/readmission see Failure/Continuation/Readmission Policies in the Nursing Student Handbook.

Each exam grade will be calculated as a percent and carried out to the nearest hundredth. The final course grade will be rounded off to an even number.

The tardiness policy as listed in the Nursing Student Handbook will be followed.

Punctuality is essential. Students must report to the class/clinical site at or before the time designated for the experience. In the case of tardiness, students are required to notify the instructor prior to the time scheduled for the class/clinical experience.

Assignments/Missed Exams: It is the student's responsibility to obtain all material presented and to complete all course assignments. If prior arrangements are made or extenuating circumstances exist, makeup of tests may be allowed. Late homework papers will not be accepted unless those same extenuating circumstances exist.

2. Ten percent will be deducted from original grade if a test is taken after the scheduled time. Final exams must be taken at scheduled time.

3. Papers or extra assignments cannot be completed to raise a test grade, test average, or course grade to 76%.

To be successful in this course, students are expected to participate in discussions, readings, in-class writing, computer assessment testing, math exercises and peer review activities. The instructor may assign point values to such activities.

The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity. Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook and outlined in the Nursing Student Handbook. Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following: cheating, fabrication, facilitating academic dishonesty, plagiarism and unauthorized collaboration, falsification, abuse of academic materials, and personal misrepresentation. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty. If an instructor determines that an act of academic/ clinical dishonesty has taken place, the student(s) will receive a zero for the test or assignment. This grade penalty will result in a failing grade in lecture or clinical and dismissal from the program. Conditions for readmission to the program may be specified by the Department Chair/Coordinator.

Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive accommodations for this class. Please contact the Disability Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information.