NRSE 4530 - Family Nursing

Focuses on nursing care of the family system throughout the life cycle. Emphasizes the synthesis of family theory and application of the nursing process for families.

Requisites: NRSE 4510 or concurrent. No ND9988.
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:

Apply health appraisal skills while working with families.
Conduct a family health assessment.
Develop a family wellness plan.
Discuss family spiritual beliefs and values and how those beliefs and values impact health care relationship.
Discuss research and evidence for practice related to family and family health topics.
Facilitate patient-centered/family-centered transitions of care, including discharge planning, to ensure the caregiver’s ability to promote safe care.
Recognize the relationship of genetics and genomics to health, prevention, screening, diagnostics, prognostics, selection, and monitoring of treatment, using a constructed pedigree.

Ohio University

Ohio University

NRSE 4530 - Family Nursing