Geriatric Nursing

Catalog description

Geriatric Nursing has a classroom, simulated lab, and clinical components . The classroom will focus on current trends and issues related to the aging adult. Students will learn critical thinking skills, recognize and utilize resources, and research biological, sociological, and psychological theories, and recognize diversity as they provide care to the elderly patient. The student will learn about specific concerns regarding this population including health maintenance, health promotion, and home health consideration, medication, nutritional, and fluid balance needs. There is also a focus on oxygen therapy, skills and management related to elimination and gastric intubation, specimen collec tion, diagnostic testing, and psychosocial as well as physical care of the geriatric population. The clinical part of the course wi ll have sites at various long -term facilities where students will develop their critical thinking skills, apply Maslow’s Need Theory, and other theories to the elderly patient, and observe how the family unit interacts. Prerequisite: Student must have passed the following courses NUR100 & NUR119, NUR105 & NUR115, and NUR130 & NUR125