This course focuses on the third core public health function of monitoring health services to communities, collaborating with other health disciplines in the development and delivery of needed services, and using quality assurance activities to improve health, illness and health resources to communities. Students will learn the use of surveillance, evaluation, and performance improvement techniques in assuring cost-effective health services for communities and targeted health care environments such as home health or managed care.

In this course students will learn the various models of care management and will analyze the advantages and disadvantages of each from the perspective of clients, health care providers, and payors. They will evaluate how each model promotes seamless care delivery for clients and under what conditions each model is most effective. Students will identify the roles and function of nurse care managers within each model and opportunities for further role development.

In this variable credit course, students will focus on articulating clinical outcomes for care management and on promoting optimal clinical outcomes. Students will learn methods of measuring clinical outcomes and will analyze issues associated with measuring outcomes that span service settings. Students will learn how to adapt the methods used by the Patient Outcome Research Teams for identifying optimal client outcomes with varying therapeutic interventions.

A study of theories, concepts, and research related to the neonate with emphasis on adaptation to extrauterine life and stabilization of the newborn, parameters and methods of assessment, variations in normal, deviations from normal, and physical and emotional needs of the neonate. Focus will be on the theoretical aspects of the nurse-midwifery management of the care for the neonate.

A study of theories, concepts, and research related to well woman health care with emphasis on reproductive health maintenance, sexuality, family planning, variations in normal, deviations from normal, sexual dysfunction, infertility, and unplanned pregnancy. Focus will be on the care for healthy women throughout the life span.

A study of theories, concepts, and research related to the antepartal phase of the maternity cycle. Emphasis will be on the normal pregnant woman, common variations in normal, deviations from normal, fetal development, and enhancement of the pregnant family's childbearing experience through utilization of the teaching-learning theory and principles of anticipatory guidance. Focus will be on the theoretical aspects of the nurse-midwifery management in the care of the pregnant family during the antepartal phase of the maternity cycle.

A study of theories, concepts, and research related to the intrapartal and postpartal phases of the maternity cycle. Emphasis will be on the normal aspects during labor, birth, and the postpartum, common variations in normal, deviations from normal, fetal status during labor and the immediate period following birth, and enhancement of the pregnant family's childbirth experience. Focus will be on the theoretical aspects of nurse-midwifery management in the care of the family during the intrapartal phase and postpartal phase of the maternity cycle.

A study of theories, concepts, and research related to complications during the maternity cycle will be explored. Emphasis will be on common variations in normal, and deviations from normal. Focus will be on effects of the complications on the woman, fetus, pregnancy, labor, birth, and family as well as the effects of pregnancy, labor, and fetus on the complications. The theoretical aspects of nurse-midwifery management will be stressed in relation to the care of women with complications during the maternity cycle.

A study of strategies for the development of nurse-midwifery practice and its relationship within the health care delivery system.

May be repeated to a maximum of six semesters.