ADN 416 - Family Health Nursing

1. Discuss the history and emerging roles of family health care
2. Apply the nursing process when caring for the childbearing family
   1. Examine the nursing care of the antepartal client
   2. Inter-relate physiological and psychological changes of pregnancy with prenatal nursing care
   3. Examine the influence of cultural/ethnic values and customs in nurse/family interactions
   4. Examine the management of high-risk pregnancy
   5. Examine nursing care for the intrapartal client as it relates to each stage of labor
   6. Explain pain management for the intrapartal client
   7. Discuss management of the client with an episiotomy or laceration
   8. Inter-relate physiological changes of a postpartum client with postpartum nursing care
   9. Inter-relate physiological changes of a newborn client with newborn nursing care
   10. Perform newborn assessment
   11. Promote parent-infant attachment behaviors
   12. Discuss the role transition experienced by new parents and other family members
   13. Perform postpartal assessment
   14. Provide holistic nursing care for the childbearing family
   15. Conduct relevant teaching to meet the needs of childbearing families
   16. Implement needed interventions based on changing client status
   17. Examine the management of high-risk pregnancy and reproductive issues
   18. Discuss delivery complications/special conditions
   19. Examine postpartum complications
   20. Discuss postpartum depression
3. Examine the nursing role for supporting a family with infertility
4. Examine the nursing role for supporting parenting of the well and ill child
   1. Discuss the reactions of a family with a child who has an acute illness, chronic illness or disability
   2. Examine the nursing role of supporting a family with a child who has an acute illness, chronic illness, or disability
5. Apply the nursing process when caring for individuals and their families dealing with childhood illnesses or health disorders
   1. Compare and contrast the nursing care for individuals with various respiratory disorders
   2. Discuss the nursing care for a family of an individual with a respiratory disorder
   3. Compare and contrast the nursing care for individuals with various gastrointestinal disorders
   4. Discuss the nursing care for a family of an individual with gastrointestinal disorder
   5. Compare and contrast the nursing care for individuals with various musculoskeletal disorders
   6. Discuss the nursing care for a family of an individual with a musculoskeletal disorder
   7. Compare and contrast the nursing care for individuals with various integumentary disorders
   8. Discuss the nursing care for a family of an individual with an integumentary disorder
   9. Compare and contrast the nursing care for individuals with various genitourinary disorders
   10. Discuss the nursing care for a family of an individual with genitourinary disorder
   11. Compare and contrast the nursing care for individuals with various cerebral disorders
   12. Discuss the nursing care for a family of an individual with a cerebral disorder
   13. Compare and contrast the nursing care for individuals with various cardiovascular disorders
   14. Discuss the nursing care for a family of an individual with a cardiovascular disorder
   15. Compare and contrast the nursing care for individuals with various hematological or immunological disorders
   16. Discuss the nursing care for a family of an individual with a hematological or immunological disorder
   17. Compare and contrast the nursing care for individuals with various endocrine disorders
   18. Discuss the nursing care for a family of an individual with an endocrine disorder
   19. Support child and family during the child?s illness or health disorder
   20. Provide nursing care reflective of developmental level of child
   21. Implement individualized nursing care based on acute and chronic illnesses of the child
   22. Conduct relevant teaching to meet the needs of child and family
   23. Revise plan of care based on evaluation of client situation
6. Apply the nursing process when caring for individuals and their families dealing with birth defects, chronic illness or disability, terminal illness or dying
   1. Discuss birth injuries, genetics, and anomalies of the newborn
   2. Compare prenatal and postnatal tests used to determine the presence of birth anomalies
   3. Explore the emotional impact on a family with the birth of a baby with a birth anomaly
   4. Explore community agencies and support groups for a family with a child who has a birth anomaly