NURS 220:Women’s Health Nursing

Credit Hours: 2
Lecture hours per week: 2
Lab hours per week: 0

Prerequisite(s): NURS 200 , NURS 201 , NURS 202 , NURS 205 , NURS 210 , NURS 211 , NURS 212 , NURS 213 , and NURS 214
Corequisite(s): NURS 221 , NURS 222 , NURS 223 , NURS 224 , NURS 225 , and NURS 226 .
This course builds upon the skills, knowledge, and behaviors needed to care for clients in the area of Women’s Health. Utilizing an integrated approach, the student will develop an understanding of family planning, reproduction, pregnancy, labor and delivery, postpartum, and care of the newborn. The student will apply this new knowledge to the provision of safe, patient-centered care with regard to cultural and life-span diversity, utilizing evidence-based practice, the nursing process, and current ethical and legal standards of practice. Enrollment in the 200 Level of Nursing (NURS) courses is limited to those student who have been selected and admitted to the program. Program courses are sequenced by semester and must be taken as a group each semester per program requirements and policies.