Medical Surgical Nursing III

Catalog description

Medical Surgical Nursing III provides students with the ability to further understand the process, procedures, and application of the nursing process to patients that are experiencing complex, intensive care, acute, chronic, or emergency medical situations . Students will continue using their critical thinking skills to develop and implement patient care plans that involve evidence -based practices that account for patient safety, care, comfort, and quality outcomes for a variety of patients across the human lifespan. Students will also continue to build onto their nursing knowledge and skills in order to assess, identify, analyze, implement care, and evaluate that care for various medical problems. The students will then be able to make clinical decisions based on the needs of the patient and collaborate with the interprofessional team to implement evidence-based and effective patient care. Students will evaluate their care practices and outcomes to modify the patient care plans as warranted. Prerequisites: ENG115, ISD205- AN, MAT125 -AN, BIO101, BIO201, BIO202, NUR103, NUR104, NUR155, NUR156, NUR160, NUR161, N UR220A, & NUR221