NUR 2205C - Health Concepts IV

College of Nursing

Credit(s): 6
Contact Hours: 132
Effective Term Fall 2022 (610)

Requisites

(Prerequisite NUR 2035C with a minimum grade of C and
Prerequisite NUR 1113 with a minimum grade of C and
Prerequisite NUR 1148 with a minimum grade of C and
Pre- or Co-requisite NUR 1149 with a minimum grade of C and
Pre- or Co-requisite NUR 2940C with a minimum grade of C) or
(Permission of the Program Student Group = EWNC and
Prerequisite NUR 2035C with a minimum grade of C and
Pre- or Co-requisite NUR 1113 with a minimum grade of C and
Pre- or Co-requisite NUR 1149 with a minimum grade of C and
(Pre- or Co-requisite PSY 1012 with a minimum grade of C and
Pre- or Co-requisite PSY 1012H with a minimum grade of C) and
(Prerequisite 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, collaborative, evidence-based care for adult patients with multi-system and emergent health problems. Students will be introduced to disaster preparedness including triage and mass casualty management.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will provide compassionate patient-centered care across the lifespan by incorporating patient preferences and values with advanced complex health conditions by:
    1. illustrating examples of how they provided compassionate patient-centered care for adult patients with multi-system or emergent health conditions.
    2. explaining how patients and family member preferences and values are incorporated while providing care for adult patients with multi-system or emergent health conditions.
    3. evaluating the effectiveness of therapeutic communication techniques used in patients with multi-system or emergent health conditions and their families.
  2. The student will apply safe and effective nursing care for patients with advanced complex health conditions across the lifespan by:
    1. performing a focused health assessment on a patient with a multi-system or emergent health condition.
    2. maintaining a safe environment for a patient with a multi-system or emergent health condition.
    3. illustrating how they incorporated the QSEN (Quality and Safety Education for Nurses) competencies in the care of their patient.
  3. The student will collaborate with the interprofessional health care team to ensure safe and effective care of patients with advanced complex health conditions across the lifespan by:
    1. demonstrating SBAR (situation, background, assessment, recommendation) communication when speaking with members of the healthcare team.
    2. implementing IPASS the BATON (introduction, patient, assessment, situation, safety, background, actions, timing, ownership, next) communication when giving nurse to nurse report.
    3. maintaining effective and timely communication with all members of the healthcare team.
  4. The student will demonstrate safe and appropriate evidence-based clinical judgement skills while caring for patients with advanced complex health conditions across the lifespan by:
    1. identifying patient cues in patients with multi-system or emergent health conditions.
    2. analyzing patient cues in patients with multi-system or emergent health conditions.
    3. prioritizing hypotheses and generating solutions in patients with multi-system or emergent health conditions.
    4. implementing interventions in a timely manner, in patients with multi-system or emergent health conditions.
    5. evaluating outcomes in patients with multi-system or emergent health conditions.
  5. The student will demonstrate the legal standards and ethical principles of professional nursing while caring for patients with advanced complex health conditions across the lifespan by:
    1. illustrating the use of key concepts of the Florida nurse Practice Act, in the critically ill patient.
    2. describing the ethical principles of nursing related to caring for patients with multi-system or emergent 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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