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The next Maternal Newborn Nursing Course is tentatively scheduled for July, 2011. Please check back frequently for registration information and updates to the schedule.

MATERNAL & NEWBORN NURSING CARE COURSE - INCLUDES BFHM
Summer Session – July/August 2010 [FOR COURSE INFO, CLICK HERE]

Course Description

COURSE DESCRIPTION & PURPOSE - This course will prepare nurses, with little or no obstetric background, for clinical preceptorship in the Labor, Delivery postpartum setting.  Course content includes a review of female reproductive anatomy and physiology and focuses on the physiologic and pathophysiologic processes associated with labor and delivery.  Frequently encountered complications of pregnancy and the common medical and pharmacologic interventions are discussed.  Nursing assessments and interventions during the intrapartal period are emphasized throughout the course.  It also provides the theoretical background necessary to prepare nurses to begin caring for mother-infant dyads during the postpartum period and includes a discussion of the goals and advantages of couplet care, assessment of postpartal newborn problem and appropriate nursing interventions.  Postpartal and newborn teaching protocols, based on principles of adult learning, as wells as topics of proper perinatal documentation, medico-legal aspects, culturally competent care, and high risk social behaviors and the relationship to perinatal care will also be addressed. This course does NOT include a clinical component or neonatal resuscitation instruction.
 

COURSE SCHEDULE - Thursdays & Fridays, July 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30, August 5, 6, 12, & 13, 2010. 

 

LOCATION - Regional Perinatal System, 9170 Camino Santa Fe, San Diego, CA 92121-2254.
 
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT - Provider is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 07257. Credits are provided only if attendance is recorded for each day of class and you receive a passing grade on the course examination. Approximately 65 contact hours are provided for this course.

PRETEST REQUIRED - All students are required to take a pretest prior to the first day of class. The exam will take place at the Regional Perinatal System facility. The exam will take approximate 2 hours. Students will have 3 days to choose from. When registering, indicate which day will work best for you. 

 

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK - Lowdermilk, D.L. & Perry S.E. (2007) Maternity & Women’s Health Care, 9th Edition. Mosby: St. Louis, MO.  This text book can be purchased on-line at www.amazon.com.  Students are responsible for purchasing this text prior to the first day of class.

 

COURSE FEES $610 - Payable by Check ONLY.  Make check payable to: Regional Perinatal System and mail it to: 9170 Camino Santa Fe, San Diego, CA 92121 - Attention: MNNC Course.  Registration fees are due no later than June 4, 2010.  Refreshments are provided; lunch is not included.

 

REGISTRATION - Enrollment is limited, so early registration is advised.  The Regional Perinatal System reserves the right to cancel the course if minimum enrollment is not met and will provide a full refund.  Registration Deadline: June 4, 2010.  You can register via fax at (858) 536-5099, U.S. mail, or log onto: http://www.regionalperinatalsystem.org/education.  After you register, mail your check to the Regional Perinatal System office.  No phone registrations will be accepted.

 

REFUND POLICY - Refunds will be given if written or telephone cancellation is received by June 4, 2010.   A processing fee of $100 will be assessed for all refunds.  If cancellation is received after the cancellation deadline June 4, 2010, you will be charged $300.  For further information please call (858) 536-5090 and ask for Lizette Lozano.

 

CONFIRMATION PACKETS WILL BE HANDED TO YOU THE DAY YOU TAKE

THE PRE-TEST, PRIOR TO THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS.

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Registration Deadline: June 4, 2010
 
 For further information please contact Lizette Lozano
at lglozano@ucsd.edu or call (858) 536-5090.
 

Course Length
0 hours

Cost
$610.00

PRE-TEST SIGN-UPS
  • Wednesday, June 23rd - 8am to 10am
  • Thursday, June 24th - 10am to 12pm
  • Friday, June 25th - 12pm to 2pm




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