PNU 210 Syllabus

Course Title: Maternal/Child, Pediatric, and Mental Health Nursing

Course Description:

The focus of this course is the role of the Practical Nurse as a member of a multidisciplinary health team caring for clients and their families in obstetrical, pediatric, and mental health settings. Knowledge and skills are developed that will assist clients to attain self-care requisites, including therapeutic communication, application of growth and development principles, and incorporation of legal and ethical guidelines. Health promotion, maintenance, and restoration are emphasized in clinical experiences with clients and their families. Economic and sociocultural issues that influence the client and family will be discussed. The student will continue to use the nursing process within the self-care framework in providing care to clients during clinical experiences in inpatient and/or ambulatory obstetric, pediatric, and mental health settings. 9 credit hours; 6 theory, 3 clinical

Student Learning Outcomes

For clients in obstetric, pediatric, and mental health settings, the students will:

1. Apply the nursing process and critical thinking within the self-care framework for clients and families from diverse multicultural backgrounds.

2. Use beginning therapeutic communication skills for client-centered and family communication.

3. Incorporate the assessment, medical treatments, and nursing interventions into the care of maternal, pediatric, and mental health clients.

4. Incorporate the use of library, internet and computer information to find, retrieve and analyze information pertinent to their learning experiences.

5. Demonstrate the ability to safely perform specified nursing techniques with maternal, pediatric, and mental health clients.

6. Incorporate legal standards and ethical guidelines into their nursing practice.

7. Recognize own values and beliefs regarding the childbearing, childrearing, and mental health experiences.

8. Apply knowledge of maternal/child, pediatric, and mental health nursing theory to clinical situations.

9. Incorporate learning needs and teaching plan for the client and family experiencing childbearing, childrearing, and mental health deviations that addresses self-care requisites.

10. Share information, verbally and in writing, with other members of the health care team.

Calendar - Days

Calendar - Evening/Weekend

Care Plan

Maternal-Child Reading Summary

Pediatric Care Plan

Mental Health Process Recording

Mental Health Data Collection

Mental Health Reporting Criteria

Mental Health Care Plan

Alcoholic's Anonymous Letter

AA Website

Asperheim Textbook Readings

Pediatric Medications