Concepts of Nursing Care for Patients with Complex Conditions
- PCCUA Course
- NG 412
- ACTS Course
- None
- Credits
- 12
- Lecture
- 7 hours
- Lab
- 15 hours
Description
This course provides for the acquisition and application of concepts of nursing, including communication, collaboration, caring, and clinical judgment necessary to manage safe, quality, evidence-based, patient-centered nursing care to diverse patients across the lifespan experiencing complex medical, surgical, pediatric, and maternal-infant conditions requiring nursing care. Emphasis is placed on quality improvement, professional standards, and legal and ethical responsibilities of the nurse when caring for patients with complex conditions. Application of knowledge and skills occurs in the nursing skills laboratory and a variety of clinical settings.
Prerequisites
- BY 154 (BIOL 2404) Anatomy & Physiology I
- BY 164 (BIOL 2414) Anatomy & Physiology II
- EH 113 (ENGL 1013) Composition I
- EH 123 (ENGL 1023) Composition II
- MS 123 (MATH 1103) College Algebra
- NG 107 Concepts of Nursing Care for Patients with Chronic, Stable Conditions
- NG 209 Concepts of Nursing Care for Patients with Acute, Stable Conditions
- NG 312 Concepts of Nursing Care for Patients with Chronic and Acute, Unstable Conditions
- PSY 213 (PSYC 1103) General Psychology
- 3 credit hour computer course.