CONCEPTS IN NURSING FOR THE PARAMEDIC TO RN

Catalog description

This course emphasizes nursing considerations with respect to selected core concepts in providing safe, complex care for patients across the lifespan with acute and chronic health problems. It also allows the student to apply nursing knowledge in the provision of safe, quality care to patients with complex health problems resulting in unpredictable outcomes. This course further builds upon the concepts of elimination, oxygenation, mobility, perfusion, metabolism, nutrition, immunity, tissue integrity, sensory perception, cognition, stress and coping, communication, leadership, economics, and legal issues. Content focuses on the continued application of the nursing process and the role of the nurse related to prioritization of assessment data and coordination of care, including delegation, supervision and assignment principles. Prioritization while providing care for two to three patients in acute practice settings will be emphasized. Lab and clinical required. (A special fee will be assessed.)