Adult Health/Medical-Surgical Nursing I

This course is the first of a series of adult health nursing courses. Building on previous courses, this course provides for the acquisition and application of basic adult health nursing, incorporating communication, collaboration, caring, and clinical reasoning/clinical judgment necessary for safe, patient-centered nursing care to diverse adult patients experiencing chronic and acute conditions, requiring medical/surgical interventions in variety of settings. The course uses all components of the nursing process with increasing degrees of skill; it incorporates evidence-based practice, quality improvement, professional standards, and legal and ethical responsibilities of the nurse. It includes math computational skills, basic computer instruction related to the delivery of nursing care and nursing care related to oncological, hematological, cardiovascular, respiratory, and pre/intra/post-operative care. Application of knowledge and skills occurs using case studies and in the Clinical Practicum I course.