Complex Nursing

Catalog description

Liberal Arts Class Hours: 5 class hours per week and 12 clinical hours per week. Semester Credit Hours: 9 The student should complete any core courses not previously taken. This course is a culminating course requiring synthesis and application of knowledge gained in previous courses. It includes the study of individuals with health alterations that affect multiple body systems and the transition from student to graduate. The concepts of the individual, health-illness growth and development, communication nursing process, stress-adaptation and the nursing role are utilized in the delivery of nursing care individuals in a variety of health care settings. Transition from student to graduate nurse is facilitated through the refinement of management and organizational skills. The nursing process is used as a basis for providing and coordinating safe, evidence-based nursing care for patients with complex health care needs. Prerequisite(s): NUR 2113 and NUR 2129 or NUR 1113