NURS 244 Topics in Obstetrical Nursing Care (2 credits)

1. Describe the multiple dimensions of patient centered care for the prenatal, laboring, and postpartum patient, including the mother/baby dyad.
2. Identify the contributions of others on the healthcare team and their role in helping patient/family achieve health goals.
3. Define the role of evidence in determining best clinical practice.
4. Identify data and methods that improve the quality of health care systems. 
5. Discuss the potential and actual impact of national patient safety resources, initiatives and regulations.
6. Apply information and technology skills that are essential for safe patient care.

1. Patient-centered care:  Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient’s preferences, values, and needs. 

2. Teamwork and collaboration:  Function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care. 

3. Evidence-based practice:  Integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care. 

4. Quality improvement:  Use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems. 

5. Safety:  Minimizes risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance. 

6. Informatics:  Use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making. 

Core Abilities

Information Competency:  Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information, and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 20
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 20

Potential Methods
1. Exams (multiple choice; multiple response)
2. Quizzes
3. Case Studies
4. Written Assignments
5. Research writing
6. Projects (individual and/or group)