Courses

Continues to explore health alterations for adults in response to internal and external environmental dimensions, focusing on cardiovascular, respiratory, nervous, sensory, renal, reproductive, and multisystem trauma and shock. Examines selected theories for interrelationships among physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual components.

Focuses on clinical decision making in the management of adult clients with complex health needs across healthcare settings. Emphasis is on prioritizing client needs, utilizing evidence-based practice, and providing compassionate nursing care. LEC, LAB.

A continuation of the study of nursing process with adults having commonly occurring health deviations. This class meets three hours per week with assigned clinical experiences weekly. Minimum clinical requirement of 90 clock hours per term.

This course designed for accelerated, pre-licensure nursing students will be delivered in a hybrid format. The class component will be completed online and the clinical and lab requirements will be completed face-to- face. Minimum clinical requirements of 90 clock hours per term. NU 447R is a continuation of the study of nursing process with adults having commonly occurring health deviations.

Focuses on the role of the professional nurse in providing high quality nursing care to adults. Utilizes an evidence-based approach in the continued application of the nursing process, emphasizing clinical decisions that are safe, ethical, patient-centered and collaborative to assist a diverse population of adults with acute health alterations.

Provides clinical learning opportunities for students to further refine clinical skills and provide nursing care for adults with alterations in health states. Emphasizes clinical reasoning in the application of the nursing process in facilitating human adaptive responses to health alterations in the adult in the provision of safe, quality nursing care.

Contact Hours: 6 Provides clinical learning opportunities for students to refine basic clinical skills and provide nursing care of adults with health alterations. Emphasizes clinical reasoning in the application of the nursing process in facilitating human adaptive responses to health alterations in the adult. Validates competencies related to medication and intravenous therapy administration.

The purpose of this course is for students to apply the theoretical concepts of adult health nursing and foster the development of nursing skills required by the professional nursing student in clinical practice.

This course is a study of the distinctive characteristics of adult development and the implications for adult learning. Emphasis will be given to the understanding of philosophical orientations related to the nature of adult learners and their learning processes; principles of motivation and effective facilitation geared toward adult learners; and social and cultural influences on adult learning.

Adult learning theory and life cycle research is presented to promote understanding of self and group and individual behavior. Writing, reading, listening and thinking skills are sharpened as you work from an autobiographical assignment toward the experiential essay. Prepare a portfolio of personal and professional learning experiences that may be submitted for credit evaluation.