Mar 12, 2025  
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NURS 2156 - Complications of Childbearing Nursing

Credit Hours: 2.00


Prerequisites: Admission into the Nursing Program; NURS 2146  with grade C or better

Corequisites: NURS 2175  

(formerly NURS 2155)

This theory course focuses on planning safe, culturally-diverse, patient and family-centered nursing care for the high-risk childbearing family and on women’s health. It emphasizes using evidence-based practice and quality improvement initiatives to develop critical thinking skills in caring for the women and the childbearing family.

Billable Contact Hours: 2

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OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES
 

Program Outcome/Student Learning Outcome:

  1. The student can analyze and apply the critical components of evidence-based nursing practice.

Course Outcome:

  1. The student can apply evidence-based practice for women experiencing a high risk pregnancy, high risk newborns, and patients with gynecologic problems.

Course Objectives:

  1. The student will apply evidence-based nursing interventions for patients with pregnancy induced hypertension, gestational diabetes, and preterm labor.
  2. The student will apply evidence-based nursing interventions for patients with gynecologic problems.
  3. The student will apply evidence-based nursing interventions for high risk newborns.

 

Program Outcome/Student Learning Outcome:

  1. The student can recognize quality improvement strategies as an integral component of nursing practice.

Course Outcome:

  1. The student can explain national patient safety goals and quality indicators for high risk maternity, high risk newborn, and gynecologic patients.

Course Objectives:

  1. The student will describe national patient safety goals and quality indicators for the pregnant patient with diabetes.
  2. The student will describe national patient safety goals and quality indicators related to women experiencing breast cancer.
  3. The student will describe national patient safety goals and quality indicators for the newborn experiencing hyperbilirubinemia.

COMMON DEGREE OUTCOMES (CDO)  

  • Communication: The graduate can communicate effectively for the intended purpose and audience.
  • Critical Thinking: The graduate can make informed decisions after analyzing information or evidence related to the issue.
  • Global Literacy: The graduate can analyze human behavior or experiences through cultural, social, political, or economic perspectives.
  • Information Literacy: The graduate can responsibly use information gathered from a variety of formats in order to complete a task.
  • Quantitative Reasoning: The graduate can apply quantitative methods or evidence to solve problems or make judgments.
  • Scientific Literacy: The graduate can produce or interpret scientific information presented in a variety of formats.
CDO marked YES apply to this course:
Communication: YES
Critical Thinking: YES
Global Literacy: YES
Information Literacy: YES
Quantitative Reasoning: YES
Scientific Literacy: YES

COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE
​​​​​​​Program Outcome/Student Learning Outcome:

  1. The student can analyze and apply the critical components of evidence-based nursing practice.

Course Outcome:

  1. The student can apply evidence-based practice for women experiencing a high risk pregnancy, high risk newborns, and patients with gynecologic problems.

Course Objectives:

  1. The student will apply evidence-based nursing interventions for patients with pregnancy induced hypertension, gestational diabetes, and preterm labor.
  2. The student will apply evidence-based nursing interventions for patients with gynecologic problems.
  3. The student will apply evidence-based nursing interventions for high risk newborns.

 

Program Outcome/Student Learning Outcome:

  1. The student can recognize quality improvement strategies as an integral component of nursing practice.

Course Outcome:

  1. The student can explain national patient safety goals and quality indicators for high risk maternity, high risk newborn, and gynecologic patients.

Course Objectives:

  1. The student will describe national patient safety goals and quality indicators for the pregnant patient with diabetes.
  2. The student will describe national patient safety goals and quality indicators related to women experiencing breast cancer.
  3. The student will describe national patient safety goals and quality indicators for the newborn experiencing hyperbilirubinemia.

Primary Faculty
Levy, Hila
Secondary Faculty
Lubitz, Krystina
Associate Dean
Shaw, Andrea
Dean
Mirijanian, Narine



Primary Syllabus - Macomb Community College, 14500 E 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48088



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