This course assists registered nurses to apply ethical values, principles and theories to dilemmas in health care delivery and to adopt an appropriate decision making framework for their own clinical practice. This course assists the student in synthesizing prior interviewing skills, technical skills, and biological, psychological, sociological, cultural and spiritual knowledge with the new skills of performing a health assessment on clients throughout the life span. Using the nursing process, the students learns how to obtain a complete health history and perform a physical examination. Emphasis is placed on assessment of levels of wellness and differentiation of normal from abnormal findings across the life span. This course is designed to assist the student in developing knowledge and skills in clinical teaching.
Emphasis is placed on the role of the nurse as a teacher.
Principles of learning, content selection, strategies, teaching materials, and evaluation of teaching are considered. The relationship of perception, communication, and adaptation to teaching and learning are explored. Consideration is given to the biological, psychological, sociological, and cultural needs of clients as related to client teaching. The student will prepare a client-centered teaching module. This course is designed to analyze nurse practice acts from various states.