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 Department:    NURS

 Course #:    183

 Credits:    1

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    1.5

 CIP:    n/a

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2024

 Course Description  

This laboratory course builds on foundational knowledge and nursing skills learned in prior coursework. Engage in interactive learning experiences, refinement and application of essential nursing skills, such as Foley catheter insertion, IV fluid administration and management, ostomy care, and electrocardiograms. Through practical experience and deliberate practice, enhance critical thinking, decision-making abilities, and clinical competence. Prepares students for practice in diverse healthcare environments and meeting the evolving demands of the nursing profession.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: NURS 171,NURS 172, and NURS 173 with a "B-" or higher.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 0

Lab: 22

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Preparatory Required for ATA degree  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Use the nursing process to provide holistic care for patients experiencing alterations in health function, i.e. cell growth, cardiac, endocrine, gastrointestinal, integumentary, musculoskeletal, immune, neurological function and surgery.
2. Discuss advocacy for patients and families.
3. Demonstrate effective communication strategies with members of the health care team to promote collaboration in care planning, i.e. nutrition, respiratory alterations, and memory impairment.
4. Apply knowledge of physiological alterations to patient teaching.
5. Compare new knowledge to current clinical practice as it relates to safety throughout the lifespan.
6. Determine the role of therapies related to promoting adaptation for alterations in health, i.e. pharmacological agents and alternative therapies.
7. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Human Flourishing: Advocate for patients and families in ways that promote their self-determination, integrity, and ongoing growth as human beings.
8. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Nursing Judgment: Make judgments in practice, substantiated with evidence, that integrate nursing science in the provision of safe, quality care and promote the health of patients within a family and community context.
9. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Professional Identity: Implement one's role as a nurse in ways that reflect integrity, responsibility, ethical practices, and an evolving identity as a nurse committed to evidence-based practice, caring, advocacy, and safe, quality care for diverse patients within a family and community context.
10. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Spirit of Inquiry: Examine the evidence that underlies clinical nursing practice to challenge the status quo, question underlying assumptions, and offer new insights to improve the quality of care for patients, families, and communities.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2018 and affects outlines for 2019 and later.

Think

Definition: Think analytically, logically, creatively, and reflectively.

Quantify

Definition: Apply mathematical skills quantitatively, logically, creatively, and critically.

Communicate

Definition: Produce and exchange ideas and information through written, spoken, and visual forms.

Integrate

Definition: Apply knowledge, skills, and methodologies from multiple disciplines.

Course Contents

1. Fundamental care of the client with cardiac alterations.
2. Fundamental care of the client with GI Alterations.
3. Fundamental care of client with Respiratory Alterations.
4. Fundamental care of the Perioperative client.
5. Fundamental care of the client with Musculoskeletal Alterations.
6. Fundamental Care of the client with Alterations in Cell Growth, Immune and Hematologic function.
7. Fundamental care of the client with Endocrine function Alterations.
8. Fundamental care of the client with Neurologic and Sensory Alterations.