May 10, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2021-22 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2021-22 [Archived Catalog]

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NRSE 4141 - Nursing Care of Children and Families


Focuses on the obstetrical client, pediatric client and family, and women’s health issues. Topics include the relationship between expected development and health status, major health concerns affecting health of women, and obstetrical care.

Requisites: NRSE 3211 and 3231
Credit Hours: 6
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture, 5.0 clinical, 0.0 laboratory
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to analyze the impact of the child’s/woman’s alteration in health on the family structure and/or functioning
  • Students will be able to analyze the influence of the family and cultural practices on the child’s/woman’s health and health care expectations
  • Students will be able to apply the concepts of direct and indirect care to the role of the nurse working with women, children and their families
  • Students will be able to discuss implications of violence and physical abuse on women, children, and their families
  • Students will be able to evaluate outcomes of nursing interventions utilized and plan future interventions accordingly
  • Students will be able to explain underlying principles and appropriate interventions for uncomplicated and complicated reproductive situations
  • Students will be able to identify developmental needs challenged by specific alterations in health for women and children
  • Students will be able to provide appropriate nursing care for the child or woman based on an integration of the basic principles from earlier courses
  • Students will be able to apply ethical analysis frameworks to clinical situations



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