This course focuses on nursing actions to meet adult and child human responses within a family-centered setting. The student is introduced to the needs of family while emphasis is placed on the developmental stages of the newborn and the health needs of newborns and childbearing females. This course prepares the student to assume the role of provider of care for childbearing females and neonates. The clinical experience includes participation and observation in a variety of maternal/child settings, including antepartum, labor and delivery, postpartum and newborn nursery units.