Medical-Surgical Nursing I

Catalog description

This course will assist in preparation of strategies to implement and evaluate the nursing process to formulate appropriate nursing care of adult health issues in the medical-surgical client. Physiological, pathophysiological, and psychosocial concepts, care planning, and health promotion of the adult medical-surgical client will be addressed. By building upon the knowledge gained in earlier nursing courses, the use of evidence-based practice and critical thinking will be emphasized through care planning, patient education, and health care technologies. Nursing care from a holistic approach, including cultural competence, will be discussed. Body systems reviewed in this course are: respiratory, cardiac, renal, endocrine, and peripheral vascular. You must successfully complete all requirements of both didactic and clinical courses. Failure of one course will lead to a repeat of both the didactic and clinical courses.