NUR 124 Adult Nursing II
Adult Nursing II is the second of four courses focusing on care of adult patients. This course explores the roles of the nurse in relation to providing patient-centered care to patients with common medical/surgical health problems. Course content emphasizes health promotion, disease/injury prevention, disease management, and health maintenance. Continuing themes of pharmacotherapeutics, gerontological considerations, safety, evidence-based practice, therapeutic communication, as well as patient education and advocacy are explored. This course incorporates critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and clinical judgment into classroom and clinical learning experiences. A structured experience in the simulation lab is included to integrate the nursing process with new nursing interventions. Course content will focus on common health problems related to fluid and electrolytes, pulmonary, neurologic, cardiovascular, urinary, gastrointestinal, and musculoskeletal disorders, problems of metabolism, sensation/ perception, circulation, and perioperative care. Students are offered experience in pre-, peri-, and post-operative nursing care. Clinical experiences will be conducted in acute/subacute care settings.
6 credit hours (45 hours theory, 126 hours clinical)
Corequisite
NUR 123; must be taken either prior to or at the same time as this course:
PS 251