NCM 237-Course-Outline

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NCM 237 (LECTURE) & NCM 207 (RLE)

FIRST SEMESTER

WEEK 1: PRECONCEPTION, CONCEPTION, ANTEPARTUM AND INTRAPARTUM PERIOD

1.Framework for Maternal and Child Health Nursing


2.Reproductive and Sexual Health
a. Anatomy and Physiology of Female / Male Reproductive System, Female Pelvis
b. Human Sexuality
c. Responsible Parenthood/Contraception
d. Menstrual Cycle
e. Fertilization
3.Prenatal Care
a. Fetal Growth and Development, Fetal Circulation, Fetal support structures
b. Psychological and Physiological Changes of Pregnancy, Normal Changes of Pregnancy,
Discomforts of Pregnancy
c. Antenatal visit (Estimating EDC, AOG)
d. Prenatal Education, Prenatal Exercises Birthing Plan
e. Promoting Nutritional Health during Pregnancy
4.Intrapartal Care
a. Theories of Labor
b. False and True Labor
c. Stages of Labor & Delivery
d. Components of labor (P’s of labor): Passenger, Passageway, Power, Psyche
e. Mechanisms of Labor
f. Monitoring of progress of labor and delivery (Partograph)

WEEK 2: POSTPARTUM PERIOD, CARE OF THE NEWBORN

1.Postpartal Care
a. Psychological and physiologic changes that occur in a postpartal woman
b. Postpartum Health Education
2.Care of the Newborn
a. Early Essential and Newborn Care (EENC)
b. Profile of the newborn/Newborn Characteristics (APGAR score, Ballard’s score, Review of
systems, Anthropometric measurements, Vital signs, Common reflexes)
c. Physiologic function & appearance
d. Behavioral assessment & other significant information
e. Maternal Health Education on Newborn Care

WEEK 3: GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

1.Concept on Growth and Development


2. Theories of Growth and Development
3. Theoretical Approaches to the Growth and Development of Children
a. The Family with an Infant
b. The Family with a Toddler
c. The Family with a Pre-schooler
d. The Family with a School-Age child
e. The Family with an Adolescent
f. Health Promotion and Disease prevention in Different Stages of Growth and Development
g. Nutritional Needs

WEEK 4: SCOPE AND STANDARDS, VALUES AND PRACTICES IN RELATION TO MATERNAL


AND CHILD CARE, ENTREPRENEURAL OPPORTUNITIES
a. Scope and Standards of Maternal and Child Practices in the Philippines
b. Legal Considerations of Maternal-Child Practice
c. Ethico-moral Considerations of Maternal-Child Practice
d. Ethical and Social Issues in Peri-natal Nursing
e. Evidence-based Practice in Maternal and Child Health
f. Advances in Genetics and Genetic Technology
g. Alternatives Methods of Birth
h. Common Reproductive Issues
i. Reproductive Health Bill and other existing DOH Programs on Maternal and Child Care
j. Filipino Culture,Values and Practices in relation to Maternal and Child Care
k. Maternal and Child Care Entrepreneurial Opportunities (Birthing Clinics, Daycare)

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