NUR 462 Complex Illness
The course provides a theoretical basis and immersive clinical experience for the practice of holistic nursing for diverse adult patients with critical illness in acute care settings. Emphasis is on applying the nursing process in order to restore the client to the highest level of health possible. Students will use the nursing process and critical thinking skills to learn to perform comprehensive assessments, plan and provide care, and to evaluate outcomes of nursing actions with complex, critically ill patients. Critical care topics will cover specific and representative problems requiring interventions to maintain life. Legal, ethical, and economic issues arising in acute and critical care practice settings are explored throughout the course. Professional development of the nurse is refined in the areas of responsibility, accountability, and collaboration with the multidisciplinary health care team. In the clinical practicum students will be paired with a preceptor in an intensive care environment. Concepts of leadership, management and evidence-based practice are integrated into clinical practice and uniquely applied to the critical care setting. Four classroom hours and three clinical credit hours (135 clinical hours/semester). Fees: $521.00 testing fee and $125.00 laboratory fee.
Credits
7
Offered
Fall and SpringNotes