ADULT NURSING III

Catalog description

This course focuses on the care of the adult client in the acute, chronic, and critical care setting and incorporates the professional roles in nursing practice to further expand the knowledge base. Course content integrates the foundation, tools and processes of professional practice with the medical management and nursing care of the adult client experiencing chronic and acute disorders of selected body systems, and addresses the impact of crisis on the family. The course incorporates evidence-based practice and management of care. The course builds on the knowledge acquired in NURB 3303 Pharmacology and expands to include the nursing process for medications used frequently in critically ill clients. Selected complex medical-surgical nursing skills are demonstrated and practiced in the nursing skills laboratory. Clinical laboratory experiences correlate with classroom instruction by focusing on the nurse as a leader, who utilizes clinical decision making and professional skills, attitudes, and behaviors to provide holistic, culturally competent, ethical, safe client centered care to adult clients and their families in a variety of health care settings. Clinical laboratory experiences provide opportunities to practice select complex nursing skills, safe medication administration, and dosage calculation. Student learning outcomes specified within this course reflect the QSEN competencies relevant to the scope of practice for the registered nurse. This course is offered via Residential Delivery mode. This twenty-two (22) week course includes the following number of contact hours: Theory- 84; Clinical Laboratory- 120; and Nursing Skills Laboratory-8; for a total of 212 contact hours.