This course will provide further study of the structures and functions of the human body. This course will cover the following systems: reproductive, immune, nervous, endocrine, digestive, urinary, and hematopoietic and lymphatic. This course includes a one hour laboratory that will give students the ability to see and synthesize material presented in lecture. 


Maternal Child Nursing I will provide a basic theoretical background on which the student can utilize the nursing process to assist, to plan and implement and to assist to evaluate nursing care during pregnancy, labor and delivery, postpartum; including newborn and family care.  Family dynamics as related to the obstetrical experience and aftercare will be explored.  Content is organized moving from normal to deviations from normal.  Principles of pharmacology and growth and development are integrated in this course.