Course Title

Maternal Health Nursing II: Gynecology/ Theory

Course Number

7406310

Instructor Name

Shurouq Ghalib Qadous

Contact Information

[email protected]

Semester(s) and academic year(s)

First Semester 2023

Compulsory / Elective

Compulsory

This course will provide students with knowledge about different types of gynecological disorders

focusing on menstrual disturbances, gynecological oncology, sexually transmitted disease and the

preventive measures. The student should be familiar with different certain uterine, ovarian, cervical, and vaginal anomalies and diseases.  A deeper discussion of pre pregnancy and pregnancy at risk, violence, nutrition, health promotion, grief process and updated coverage of contraception,

complementary/alternative therapies will be covered. Pharmacologic pain management and systemic

drugs to promote pain relief during the nursing management of the woman in labor and her fetus will be investigated. Nursing care of women’s pre- and post-operative with appropriate counseling and referral if needed.

Davidson, M. C., London, M., & Ladewig, P. (2019). Olds' Maternal-Newborn Nursing & Women's Health Across the Lifespan (11th ed.). Pearson Education (US).

 https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/books/9780135206973