Adult Health Nursing II

Catalog description

The focus of this adult-health nursing course is on the care of adults with altered health states in acute care settings. In this course students continue to develop their role as a member of the profession of nursing as a provider of care to clients with more complex medical-surgical alterations in health, and emphasis is placed on knowledge and skills relating to advanced adult health care in medical-surgical settings. The roles of the nurse as provider of care, communicator, teacher, manager, and member of a profession are expanded and provide the framework for clinical application and evaluation. Theoretical knowledge and principles are applied in the skills laboratory and clinical setting.