Nursing Therapeutics II: Adult Health Clinical

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This course is the clinical component of NURS 360. This course focuses on the assessment and care of adults with acute health and chronic health problems and builds on the expected assessment and safe care competencies attained in Adult Health I: Clinical. The course includes on campus clinical practice in the Nursing Arts and Simulation labs and off campus clinical practice in acute primary health care settings. Emphasis is placed on the role of the nurse as a member of the interprofessional health care team in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of safe client and family centered care. Attention is paid to the psychosocial aspects of disease within the context of a multicultural patient community. The student is expected to master the nursing competencies required to care for patients with complex medical-surgical diagnoses. Prerequisite Course(s): Prerequisite: Take NURS 301 with minimum grade of P or IP. Co-requisite: NURS 360. Course is limited to Nursing students. Classroom Hours - Laboratory and/or Studio Hours – Course Credits: 0-12-4