Nursing Health Promotion
Class Number: 31543306_2255_51399_02
Offering Status:
Academic Level: Post_Secondary
Course Description
31-543-306 NURSING HEALTH PROMOTION ...this course focuses on topics related to health promotion for individuals and families throughout the lifespan. We will cover nursing care of the developing family, which includes reproductive issues, pregnancy, labor and delivery, post-partum, the newborn, and the child. Recognizing the spectrum of healthy families we will discern patterns associated with adaptive and maladaptive behaviors applying mental health principles. An emphasis is placed on teaching and supporting healthy lifestyles choices for individuals of all ages. Nutrition, exercise, stress management, empowerment, and risk reduction practices are highlighted. Study of the family will cover dynamics, functions, discipline styles, and stages of development. (Prerequisites: 10-809-188, Developmental Psych; 31-543-301, Nursing Fundamentals; 31-543-302, Nursing Skills; 31-543-303, Nursing Pharmacology; 31-543-304, Intro to Clinical Practice; Corequisites: 10-801-196, Oral/Interpersonal Communication; 31-543-307, Nursing: Clinical Care Across Lifespan)
Course Typically Offered
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What will I learn?
- Use principles of teaching/learning when reinforcing teaching plans
- Apply principles of family dynamics to nursing care
- Adapt nursing interventions for maladaptive patterns of behavior
- Plan nursing care for patients with reproductive issues
- Plan nursing care for a healthy pregnant woman
- Plan nursing care during uncomplicated labor and delivery
- Plan nursing care for a healthy newborn
- Plan nursing care for the post-partum patient
- Examine adaptations of nursing care for patients from infancy through adolescence
- Plan nursing care for the ill child
- Plan a healthy diet for a well patient
- Encourage healthy lifestyle behaviors in patients
- Promote safety/accident prevention for patients from infancy through adolescence
- Promote healthy coping in acute and chronic illness
Class Details
- Class Number:
- 31543306_2255_51399_02
- Location:
- 1301
- Date:
- -
- Delivery:
- Hybrid
- Term:
- 2025 Summer
Estimated Cost:
$503.15
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Class Notes
- This class is taught through a combination of online-live and online instruction. A portion of the class must be attended live virtually during the scheduled dates and times, and the remaining instruction accessed online by the student any time. For more information regarding this delivery and how to access your class, see www.nwtc.edu/onlinelivefaq.
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