Adult Health III

Catalog description

Adult Health III focuses on concepts relating to the care of adult populations in the acute care setting with increasingly complex medical-surgical problems. This course emphasizes the use of the nursing process to develop competence in providing and coordinating nursing care. It is designed to develop the student’s knowledge of issues related to nutrition, Cardiomyopathy, inflammatory and valvular heart disease, aortic aneurysm/dissection, acute coronary syndrome, and related problems. Urinary calculi, strictures, renal artery stenosis, polycystic kidney disease, bladder/kidney cancer, nephrotic syndrome, and related genitourinary issues. Acute and chronic kidney disease, dialysis, and related issues. Hepatitis, cirrhosis, HIV/Aids, and related issues. Breast, cervical, ovarian, and prostate cancer and related issues. Uterine prolapse, abnormal uterine bleeding, benign prostatic hypertrophy, erectile dysfunction, CVA/TIA’s, Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, trigeminal neuralgia, Bell’s palsy, meningitis, encephalitis, spinal cord injury, and Guillain-Barre syndrome and related issues. Florida Course Numbering System Equivalent: NUR 3255