Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: apply core knowledge from biological, behavioral, social and nursing sciences in the practice of family-centered nursing; contribute to the health care team in promoting health integrity in the child-bearing family including the use of resources; perform family-centered nursing care using the core behaviors essential for nursing practice within the framework of the Nurse Practice Act; build the nursing plan of care using the nursing process to implement, manage, document and evaluate care of the childbearing family; discuss the impact of society and environment on family health integrity in the delivery of evidence-based nursing practice; contribute to the multidisciplinary team as the caregiver, educator, and advocate of nursing care using professional communication and reciprocal caring; and perform safe, effective and competent family centered nursing care to promote, maintain, and restore health using critical thinking and sound nursing judgment skills.