NRS 450 Nursing Management of Adults II

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

Credits

6 s-h

Prerequisite

NRS 410, NRS 420

Corequisite

NRS 440

Course Types

Nursing; Clinical

Offered

• Fall

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 450 Clinical Evaluation Tool.
3. 3. Detect changes within the internal and external environment of adult clients with complex alterations in health.
4. 4. Identify needs of clients and apply components of the nursing process to develop a plan of care to meet those needs.
5. 5. Communicate effectively with individuals, support persons and members of the interdisciplinary team.
6. 6. Correlate diagnostic test and procedures within the identified complex healthcare alteration.
7. 7. Correlate diagnostic test and procedures across the health-wellness-illness continuum.
8. 8. Analyze the role of medication regimens in the adult patient and its impact on health-wellness-illness.
9. 9. Explore the concepts of grief, loss and spirituality as it relates to the patient with a complex health care crisis.
10. 10. Incorporate informatics and technology to formulate evidenced-based clinical judgements and decisions.
11. 11. Understand the processes of clinical reasoning and applications in nursing practice.
12. 12. Explore healthcare in regard to policy and regulations, cost effective strategies, quality improvement processes and safety.
13. 13. Provide safe, culturally competent therapeutic care to clients.