Overview
Description
Foundation and theoretical basis of professional nursing care for adults and geriatric patients experiencing disease and illness, including common geriatric syndromes, using a conceptual model.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Admission to the Accelerated Second Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ASBN) Program.
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Accelerated Second Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ASBN) Program.
Units
Lecture8
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Summer
Terms
summer
Restrictions
Admission to the Accelerated Second Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ASBN) Program.
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- develop a foundation for implementing the nursing process through the application of nursing and scientific knowledge, with a focus on prioritization of safe nursing care.
- apply an expanding range of knowledge to promote health and well-being to prevent complications in adults and geriatrics experiencing illness and disease.
- synthesize knowledge to inform patient-centered nursing care using information technologies and evidence-based research.
- design nursing strategies to address needs for health promotion, risk reduction and disease prevention for adult and geriatric patients with acute and complex health alterations.
- integrate scientific, cultural, and psychosocial concepts in the nursing process in a care provider role for adult and geriatric populations.
- differentiate between principles of normal and abnormal assessment when using the nursing process to optimize care for patients experiencing acute and chronic health alterations.
- integrate evidence based research findings to support safe and effective nursing practice.
- recognize physical, emotional, spiritual, environmental, and cultural alteration experienced by adults and geriatric patients with chronic healthcare needs.