NUR 2035C - Health Concepts III

College of Nursing

Credit(s): 9
Contact Hours: 255
Effective Term Fall 2022 (610)

Requisites

(Prerequisite NUR 2034C with a minimum grade of C and
Prerequisite NUR 1112 with a minimum grade of C and
Prerequisite NUR 1142 with a minimum grade of C and
Pre- or Co-requisite NUR 1148 with a minimum grade of C and
Pre- or Co-requisite NUR 1113 with a minimum grade of C) or
(Prerequisite NUR 1003C with a minimum grade of C and
Prerequisite NUR 1083 with a minimum grade of C and
Prerequisite NUR 1147 with a minimum grade of C) or
(Permission of the Program Student Group = EWNC and
Prerequisite NUR 1112 with a minimum grade of C and
Prerequisite NUR 1148 with a minimum grade of C and
(Prerequisite PSY 1012 with a minimum grade of C or
Prerequisite PSY 1012H with a minimum grade of C) and
(Pre- or Co-requisite PHI 1600 with a minimum grade of C or
Pre- or Co-requisite PHI 1600H with a minimum grade of C))

Course Description

This course focuses on providing safe, evidence-based care for patients with complex physical and mental health problems across the lifespan. Students will use clinical judgment skills to provide collaborative, patient-centered care in a variety of settings.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will incorporate patient preferences and values when providing compassionate care for diverse patients with complex health conditions across the lifespan by:
    1. implementing therapeutic communication techniques with patients and families to discern preferences and values.
    2. proving examples of how they implemented therapeutic communication techniques when speaking with patients and families.
    3. explaining how patient's and family members' preferences and values are incorporated while providing care in the clinical setting.
    4. evaluating the effectiveness of their patient-specific interventions in promoting favorable patient outcomes.
  2. The student will prioritize safe and effective nursing care for patients with complex physical and mental health conditions across the lifespan by:
    1. demonstrating a health assessment on a patient with a complex physical or mental health condition.
    2. demonstrating common psychomotor skills performed on patients with common physical or mental health conditions.
    3. providing and maintaining a safe environment for a patient with a complex physical or mental health condition.
    4. incorporating QSEN (Quality and Safety Education for Nurses) competencies in the care of their patient.
  3. The student will coordinate patient care with members of the interprofessional healthcare team to ensure safe and effective care by:
    1. providing SBAR (situation, background, assessment, recommendation) communication when speaking with members of the healthcare team.
    2. incorporating IPASS the BATON (introduction, patient, assessment, situation, safety, background, actions, timing, ownership, next) communication when giving nurse to nurse report.
    3. contacting members of the healthcare team appropriately.
    4. maintaining communication with clinical instructor and nurse of patient status.
  4. The student will utilize current evidence to make safe and appropriate clinical judgments for patients experiencing complex health conditions in a variety of health care settings by:
    1. identifying patient cues in patients experiencing complex health conditions.
    2. analyzing patient cues in patients experiencing complex health conditions.
    3. prioritizing hypotheses in patients experiencing complex health conditions.
    4. generating solutions and implementing interventions in patients experiencing complex health conditions.
    5. evaluating outcomes in patients experiencing complex health conditions.
  5. The student will integrate the legal standards and ethical principles of professional nursing while caring for patients across the lifespan by:
    1. illustrating the use of key concepts of the Florida Nurse Practice Act, in patient care.
    2. describing the ethical principles of nursing related to caring for patients with complex health conditions.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of the course the student will, with a minimum of 80% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom/lab/clinical measures developed by individual course instructors.

History of Changes

C&I Approval: , BOT Approval: , Effective Term: Fall 2022 (610)

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