NURS 2120 - Maternal and Newborn Nursing

• Apply and perform nursing principles of practice and nursing process to promote health and wellness by providing care, comfort, and assistance in activities of daily living specifically to fetal, newborn, and maternal development.
• Apply and perform nursing principles of practice and nursing process to provide safe and effective care related to the administration of medications when caring for the maternal and newborn client.
• Apply and perform nursing principles of practice and nursing process to reduce client risk potential and manage physical and emotional health alterations for the childbearing client.
• Apply critical thinking to discuss needs/problems related to safety and infection control for the childbearing client and newborn.
• Apply knowledge and critical thinking to reduce the likelihood that clients will develop complications or health problems related to existing conditions, treatments or procedures, and to perform and document system specific assessments.
• Apply nursing principles of practice and nursing process to provide nursing care that promotes and supports the emotional, mental and social well-being of the client and family/significant others experiencing stressful events during childbearing.
• Apply practices and principles of nursing care to provide direct care of the client and family/significant others that incorporates the knowledge of expected growth and development principles.
• Apply procedures specifically designed to prevent error, injury, infections and security risks related to the childbearing client and newborn with particular actions regarding security plans.
• Assess the physiological, psychosocial, cultural, and environmental factors that influence collaboration with the health care Team, delegation of duties to delineate responsibility, establish priorities for care delivery and health management.
• Implement strategies to prevent maternal and/or infant morbidity and mortality.
• Incorporate therapeutic communication techniques to support the childbearing client who may need guidance regarding her adaptation to pregnancy and postpartum care.
• Relate and interpret steps of the nursing process to facilitate the management of safe and effective health care for the childbearing client and newborn, incorporating standards of nursing practice, legal and ethical issues, and appropriate resources.
• Relate maternal and newborn health education to the childbearing client and newborn, particularly information about expected body image changes, antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care for the childbearing client.
• Utilize critical thinking and knowledge to evaluate, plan and optimize wellness for the childbearing client with various family structures and dynamics.
• Utilize critical thinking to identify and discuss the health needs of the childbearing client and newborn, specifically prenatal care, maternal, and fetal well-being and diagnostic measurements.
• Verbalize knowledge and critical thinking to build skills for managing and providing care for the childbearing client and newborn conditions including unexpected response to therapies.