Nursing Care of Adult Clients III

Catalog description

Continuation of nursing care of adult clients I/II by focusing on complexmedical/surgical conditions of the higher acuity client. Students apply the nursingprocess utilizing advanced critical thinking, clinical reasoning, nursing judgement,information literacy skills and competent decision-making to create evidence-based nursing interventions to promote positive outcomes. Emphasis onprioritization of care, collaboration, patient-centered care, and collaboration withmembers of the interprofessional health care team. College laboratory sessionsand clinical experiences advances students to more complex nursing proceduresand clinical skills. Registration requires that students purchase liability insurancethrough the College. (5 hrs. lecture, 2 hrs. laboratory, 6 hrs. clinical) Prerequisite:PNU116, PNU119, PNU120 and PNU128. Corequisite: PNU135.