NURS 6200 - Life Saving Skills for Childbearing Women and Newborns

3 credit hours
Formerly - NURS 5000

Focus on evidence-based practice approaches to ambulatory and inpatient prevention of common and acute health conditions of women and newborns throughout the childbearing years. Introduction to focused physiology, anatomy, genetics and epigenetics will provide context for introducing the content of prenatal care, mechanisms of onset of spontaneous labor, maneuvers for conducting normal delivery, and comfort measures for pregnancy. Skills for immediate assessment and supportive management of the newborn, including physiological, psychosocial and pharmacologic interventions in emergencies will be stressed. Skills to prevent and manage common life-threatening problems of childbearing women and newborns in low and high resource settings will be introduced. Age related, cultural, family, and community variations will be incorporated throughout, and emphasis on care for vulnerable people, and especially on just, judicious and sustainable use of health care resources, globally and locally. This course will be offered in an intensive format and includes lab practice. Registration restrictions may be bypassed by the department with permission of instructor.

Registration Restriction(s): Graduate Nursing Program