Maternal-Child Nursing (NSG 416)

Term: 2025-2026 Academic Year Fall

Faculty

Karen Shepherd

FALL 2026 Office Hours: 

Monday 8:00-9:30 and 12:30-2:30

Tuesday 8:00-8:30

Wednesday 12:00-2:00

Thursday 8:00-9:00

 

Office located in the McDonald Armstrong Building, Simulation Center Room 104

 

 

 
 

 

 
 

 

Melissa LaRae Sanders

Office Hours: Fall 2026

Office Phone: 417-690-2426

Office Location: McKibben Center 310

Tuesday: 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Thursday: 7:30 a.m.-8:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.

Destin Raine Prather

Office Hours Fall 2026:

Tuesdays: 8:30 am - 11:30 am

Wednesdays: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Thursdays: 8:30 am - 11:30 am

Office: McKibben 203A. All hours will be held in my office unless otherwise indicated.

Appointments can be made via this link:  Book time with Raine Prather  

Rebecca Lynn Hamon

Office Hours Fall 2026

McKibben 311 

M/W 9:00am-11:00am; T/TH-9:00am-12:00pm 

Please let me know if you need to set up a meeting outside of my office hours. I am available in the afternoon as I will be in staff and mentor meetings but happy to meet with you. Thank you! 

 

 

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Schedule

Tue-Thu, 12:30 PM - 2:20 PM (8/25/2025 - 12/19/2025) Location: MAIN MCKIB 305

Description

Prerequisites: PSY 253; NSG 384andNSG 388with a minimum grade of C (2.0). Based on a Biblical worldview, this course will analyze family relationships related to health promotion, maintenance, and restoration for individuals, families, and groups of childbearing and childrearing families. Creating a nourishing environment for healing and delivering compassionate nursing care for diverseand vulnerablefamilies and children with special needs will be emphasized. Clinical experiences will include care of the child and family in both direct patient care and simulation settings. 90 clinical hours. Fall