NURS 246: Maternal Child Nursing Clinical

Class Program
Credits 2
Component
CLN
This course provides supervised clinical experience in which the student applies theories in the care of the biopsychosocial, spiritual, culturally diverse childbearing families, women, infants, and children at various developmental levels. The student will apply the nursing process in providing holistic care to the client, assess developmental and biopsychosocial, spiritual, and culturally diverse needs of the client. The student will apply the teaching-learning process in the education of families, women, infants, and children. Emphasis is placed on the role and responsibility of the practical nurse in the maternal child settings. This class meets for 96 hours and approximately two days per week. Prerequisites of this course are satisfactory completion of the first three semesters of the associate in applied science practical nursing curriculum with a "C" in each course that applies to the nursing curriculum. Pre or Corequisites: ENGL 120, SOC 110. Corequisites: NURS 245 , NURS 250, and NURS 251. (Fourth semester of the curriculum) (F, S)