The special needs of the aging client are presented. Psychosocial content includes basic communication skills, stress, loss and grief, death and dying. The course provides the opportunity to apply didactic information from concurrent nursing courses to the clinical setting. No Credit only. Perioperative and Oncology nursing are included.
Psychosocial content includes the cultural and health education needs of the client.
Concentration of this unit is adult Medical-Surgical Nursing as related to concurrent nursing units. No Credit only. This course is designed to assist students to develop understanding of applied pharmacology and major drug groups. Emphasis will be placed on drug action, pharmacokinetics, adverse drug effects, side effects of drug therapy and nursing process related to drug groups. The course will be closely correlated to concurrent medical-surgical theory and clinical experiences.