In this combination Maternal/Child and Pediatric clinical experience, the student will use the nursing process, principles and concepts of Orem’s Theory of Self-Care, critical thinking, and clinical reasoning, to provide safe, patient-centered, evidence-based therapeutic care to 2 couplets in the maternity unit, 1 laboring patient, and 1-2 pediatric patients with common to complex conditions in the maternity and pediatric acute care setting with assistance. These patient assignments will span the course of this clinical rotation in inpatient and outpatient setting.
Credits:
4.0
Clinical Hours:
120
Prerequisite:
NURS115, NURS115C
Corequisite:
NURS114