NURS 3440: Medical Surgical Nursing II for the ABSN Student

Catalog description

This course emphasizes medical-surgical theory and introduces the 2nd degree student to basic teaching/learning principles for practice with introduction to medical-surgical nursing concepts as applied to individuals, families, and community groups. The medical-surgical content provides a basis for responding to complex health patterns and specific pathophysiological processes through application of the nursing process. Communication skills, professional development of the nurse, teaching/learning principles, ethical/legal, and economic issues are integrated throughout the course.