Completion of all developmental courses if required. Nursing care for perioperative clients with actual or potential health problems is studied. Students learn nursing concepts to assist clients who have a potential for injury from surgery or malignancy and who have a potential for infection. Principles learned in class are applied in the clinical area. Nursing care of childbearing families with actual or potential health problems is studied.
Students learn principles of client teaching and focus nursing care on health maintenance.
Principles learned in class are applied in the clinical area. The student concentrates on interventions that will assist the adult client with major health deviations in accomplishing the set goal. The student compares clients with common nursing problems to establish a conceptual basis for nursing practice. Clinical application takes place on medical-surgical units in acute care settings. Family Centered Nursing 4 credits This course is designed to guide the student in further application of the nursing process within a self-care framework with an emphasis on the implementation component.