2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog/Handbook 
    
    Apr 19, 2024  
2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog/Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

NURS 0313 - Nursing Care of the Adult and Older Adult II


Credits: 5

This course focuses on the care of the adult and older adult patient with acute and/or chronic illness. Building on Nursing Care of the Adult and Older Adult I, content includes critical thinking and problem solving strategies for adults with acute and complex illnesses or injury. A systems approach is utilized to analyze, intervene, and care for alterations to health with the individual and family of culturally diverse backgrounds. This course will critically analyze the use of the nursing process while implementing care to individuals experiencing acute illness. This course addresses relevant criteria of the AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate Education # I, III, IV and IX)   (see www.aacn.nche.edu/Education/bacessen.htm).  2 hours classroom; 6 hours clinical/week; 3 hour SimLab/week.

Prerequisites: NURS 0312   and NURS 0335  
Corequisite: NURS 0336