Theory & Practice Education: Family and Newborn Partnerships

6 credits

This course will focus on the health of child-bearing mothers and infants within diverse family contexts. Learners will have the opportunity to explore and apply primary health care principles, advanced assessment skills, and provide holistic care to infants, mothers and family members in the phases of pregnancy, birthing, postnatal, and postpartum experiences. There will be opportunities to collaborate within multidisciplinary and interprofessional teams in a variety of settings using the varying levels of intervention (health promotion, restoration, rehabilitation and support) while integrating nursing knowledge and critical thinking, pathophysiology, pharmacology, microbiology, nutrition, counselling and health education. This course is taken in a six week block. ***Prerequisite: CNUR 206 and CNUR 300*** *Note: CNUR 300 can be taken concurrently*