Adult Medical-Surgical Nursing II

Catalog description

This is a 6-hour credit course that combines 3 credit hours of theory and 3 credit hours of clinical. This course builds on the knowledge and skills developed in previous nursing courses to focus study on adults with complex alterations in health, and the development of personal leadership skills. Utilizing a body systems approach, the course is designed to prepare the student in the use of the nursing process when caring for small groups of adults experiencing pathophysiological alterations requiring complex medical and nursing interventions. The clinical component focuses upon building competency in the utilization of nursing knowledge and skill taught in prerequisite and corequisite nursing courses. Student laboratory assignments focus on providing care for groups of adults experiencing complex pathophysiological alterations in health. Students are given opportunities to develop leadership skills in team membership, team leadership, and serving as the medication and treatment nurse for groups of 8 or more patients. The nursing process is used to continue development of critical thinking skills. To provide meaningful clinical supervision and learning, a ratio of 1 instructor to no more than 10 students is maintained.