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This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to perform health assessments of individuals across the lifespan. It utilizes a systems approach and the nursing process to gather assessment data, identify nursing diagnoses, and plan interventions. Students learn physical assessment techniques in the laboratory and apply the nursing process to formulate individualized care plans. The goal is to equip students with the foundational skills of data collection, critical thinking, and communication needed for subsequent nursing courses.

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This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to perform health assessments of individuals across the lifespan. It utilizes a systems approach and the nursing process to gather assessment data, identify nursing diagnoses, and plan interventions. Students learn physical assessment techniques in the laboratory and apply the nursing process to formulate individualized care plans. The goal is to equip students with the foundational skills of data collection, critical thinking, and communication needed for subsequent nursing courses.

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CLASS

DESCRIPTION

COMPETENCIES (ANA Professional Standards of Care (SOC)


& Standards of Professional Performance (SPP) identified following
competency)

NU 306 Health
Assessment

A systems approach is utilized to provide the


necessary foundation to accomplish health
assessments with individuals. The nursing
process is described as a method of gathering
data, generating nursing diagnoses, formulating
goals, planning nursing interventions, and
evaluating outcomes . The purpose of the
course is to both provide the student with the
necessary knowledge to accomplish holistic
assessments and to analyze assessment data
through the nursing process.
The laboratory portion offers the student the
opportunity to learn and to practice physical
assessment techniques for examination.

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the wide range of skills and tools required to


accomplish physical assessments on individuals across the lifespan.
SOC: 1. Assessment
SPP: 7 Quality of Practice, 9. Education, 14. Resource Utilization
2. As a provider of care, perform systematic focused assessments on individuals using
the
techniques of inspection, auscultation, percussion and palpation.
SOC:1. Assessment
SPP: 7. Quality of Practice
3. Obtain and correctly document a physical exam. Demonstrate proficient
communication skills in all areas of data collection.
SOC: 1. Assessment, 2. Diagnosis, 4. Planning
SPP: 7. Quality of Practice, 12. Collaboration
4. Distinguish findings that are within normal range from those that require
intervention.
SOC: 1. Assessment, 2. Diagnosis, 4. Planning
SPP: 7 Quality of Practice, 12. Collaboration, 13. Research
5. Apply the nursing process to formulate nursing diagnoses, goals, interventions and
evaluation.
SOC: 1. Assessment, 2. Diagnosis, 4. Planning, 5. Implementation, 6. Evaluation
SPP: 7 Quality of Practice, 12. Collaboration, 13. Research, 14. Resource Utilization
6. Develop and refine critical thinking skills to analyze data obtained during assessment
for identification of the individuals strengths, knowledge deficits and risk behaviors.
SOC: 6. Evaluation
SPP: 7. Quality of Practice, 12. Collaboration, 13. Research, 14. Resource Utilization
7. Incorporate teaching interventions focusing on health promotion whenever
appropriate.
SOC: 1. Assessment, 2. Diagnosis, 3. Outcome Identification, 4. Planning, 5.
Implementation
SPP: 7. Quality of Practice, 9. Education
8. Develop assessment skills and knowledge base to be further applied in subsequent
nursing courses.
SOC: 1. Assessment
SPP: 7. Quality of Practice, 9. Education, 12. Collaboration
9. Refine documentation skills in the reporting of assessment findings. Develop
descriptive
language that most accurately reflects subtle variations among individuals.
SOC: Assessment, Diagnosis
SPP: Quality of Care, Collegiality, Collaboration

NU 312
Pharmacotherapeutics
in Nursing

Medication therapy is complex and important in the


fight against diseases. The nurse's role in
medication therapy is critical in providing safe and
effective care to patients as well as in teaching
people effective self care. Nurses need a great deal
of knowledge about medications to fulfill their role
well, and it is the purpose of this course to help
students begin to acquire knowledge about
medications.

1. Use the nursing process and informed caring framework in providing medication
therapy to patients of all ages.
2. Describe the action, use, most common and any serious or life threatening adverse
effects, and nursing implications including patient teaching for all classes of
medications studied.
3. Discuss legal and ethical and professional role issues surrounding medication therapy.

NU 313 Professional
Role Development I:
Provider of Care

Investigate the roles and responsibilities of the


professional nurse as Provider of Care to
individuals. Professional standards of practice,
principles of evidence-based practice, and the
program philosophy are introduced. Fundamental
skill development and use of technology in
providing nursing care are emphasized. Theory
and supervised lab is provided to develop
competency in basic psychomotor and theoretical
nursing skills needed to care for clients in acute,
sub-acute, chronic and community-based nursing
health care facilities.

1. Describe and demonstrate basic psychomotor skills specific to the role of provider of
care.
2. Utilize theoretical knowledge when performing psychomotor skills
3. Verbalize specific rationale for each critical element of procedure being performed
4. Utilize medical terminology in professional communication
5. Describe and practice accurate documentation of nursing care.
6. Identify healthcare technology and informatics applications appropriate to the care of
the individual.
7. Explore teaching-learning strategies appropriate to care of the individual
8. Explore dimensions of therapeutic, intrapersonal and inter-professional
communication
9. Explore professional values and standards as the foundation for ethical and legal
nursing
10. Describe and practice using the nursing process to plan care for diverse individuals
across the lifespan
11. Explore the BSN program philosophy/framework as it applies to the practice of
nursing
12. Investigate concepts of evidence-based practice and critical thinking in classroom
and laboratory settings
13. Identify characteristics of the individual that influence the plan of care
14. Apply research-based knowledge from nursing and the sciences as the basis for
practice

NU 325

Provides the student with a comprehensive theoretical


foundation for the management of clients across the
lifespan who experience alterations in health. The course
builds on knowledge from the biological support courses
to examine health problems within the context of
medical and nursing sciences. Skills in critical thinking
are developed for application to the nursing process as a
provider of care.

1.

Review the pathophysiological basis for health care


problems experienced by individuals across the lifespan
(ANA Standards of Nursing Practice: 1-15).
2. Learn cognitive and conceptual knowledge about
alterations in health (ANA Standards of Nursing
Practice: 1-10, &13).
3. Develop knowledge of therapeutic nursing and
collaborative interventions required to produce safe and
effective care of individual clients (ANA Standards of
Practice 1-7, 10, & 11).
4. Apply the nursing process to individual health
conditions using critical thinking skills for defining
optimal patient outcomes (ANA Standards of Practice 17, 12, & 15).
5. Analyze biological, psychosocial, cultural, and
generational factors in the formulation of therapeutic
nursing interventions (ANA Standards of Practice 1- 7,
11, & 14).
6. Explore patient education appropriate in the provision of
nursing care (ANA Standards of Practice: 1-6, & 8).
7. Examine the use of research findings and technology for
improved patient care (ANA Standards of Practice: 1-6
&13).
8. Compare and contrast health settings and the influence
on nursing care (ANA Standards of Practice: 1- 7 & 14).
9. Explore traditional and complementary interventions for
clients (ANA Standards of Practice: 1 - 7, 8, 11, 12 &
13).
10. Adopt professional standards which define the
competencies, roles and values necessary for assuming
the role of the professional nurse. (ANA Standards of
Practice: 1-7 & 15).

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