NRS 310 Nursing Management of Adults I

This course will explore the essential elements of nursing care for the adult patient across the healthcare continuum. Content is built upon the foundations of physiology and pathophysiology in adults.  Emphasis is placed on the concepts of infection, stress/coping, health-wellness-illness, communication, caring interventions, managing care, safety, quality improvement and informatics/technology.  

Credits

6 s-h

Prerequisite

NRS 210, NRS 220, NRS 230, NRS 240

Corequisite

NRS 320, NRS 330, NRS 340

Course Types

Nursing; Clinical

Offered

• Spring

1. 1. Perform head to toe and focused assessments of the adult client with an alteration in health.
2. 2. Demonstrate satisfactory competence in clinical skills per the NRS 310 Clinical Evaluation Tool.
3. 3. Detect changes within the internal and external environment of adult clients with alterations in health.
4. 4. Correlate diagnostic test and procedures within the identified alterations.
5. 5. Identify needs of adult clients and apply components of the nursing process to develop a plan of care to meet those needs.
6. 6. Communicate effectively with individuals, support persons and members of the interdisciplinary team.
7. 7. Incorporate informatics and technology to formulate evidenced-based clinical judgements and
   decisions.
8. 8. Explore healthcare in regard to policy and regulations, cost effective strategies, quality improvement
   processes and safety.
9. 9. Provide safe, culturally competent therapeutic care to clients.