A dult Medical –Surgical Nursing I

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This is a 7-hour credit course that combines 3 credit hours of theory and 4 credit hours of clinical. This course builds on the principles, concepts, and skills introduced in Foundations of Nursing (LPNU 105) and Geriatrics (LPNU 116) to focus study on adults with alterations in selected medical-surgical conditions. Utilizing a body systems approach, the course is designed to prepare the student in the use of the nursing process when caring for the adult patient experiencing pathophysiological alterations requiring medical and/or surgical interventions. Included in the course is the nursing care of the adult patient with simple to complex short term or long-term nursing needs. Advanced nursing skills are introduced. The clinical laboratory component focuses on building competency in the utilization of nursing skills and concepts taught in the prerequisite and corequisite nursing courses. Student laboratory assignments focus on providing care for adults experiencing pathophysiological alterations in health requiring medical and/or surgical interventions requiring complex short- and long-term nursing care. The nursing process is used to continue development of critical thinking skills as students write one patient care plan each clinical week. Students participate in their own clinical performance evaluation and are encouraged to seek clinical experiences to enhance individual learning needs. To provide meaningful clinical supervision and learning, a ratio of 1 instructor to no more than 10 students is maintained.