This course utilizes the nursing process, developmental theories and family centered approach in caring for clients and their families undergoing a normal childbearing cycle. It examines complications associated with pregnancy as well as gynecological problems. Also, the course explains the care of children (sick or well)from conception through adolescence using primary, secondary and tertiary levels of health interventions. The practical and clinical aspects of this course are dealt in NUR 316 Family Health Nursing Practice.