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    Apr 30, 2024  
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NURS 162 Nursing Skills in Chronic Illnesses Lab II (1 credit)



Prerequisite Enrollment in the Associate Degree Nursing Program.

Course Description
Nursing skills needed to assist individuals in meeting basic human needs. Includes assessment of clients across the lifespan application of the nursing process and documentation related to chronic illness. (continuation of NURS 152)

Course Content
Knowledge and skills to provide compassionate care to patients with complex-chronic illnesses across the lifespan.
Nursing and inter-professional teams, open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision­ making to achieve patient care.
Evidence based practice with a focus on clinical competence and patient/family preference and values for optimal delivery of healthcare.
Quality improvement in the patient care setting.
Risk of harm to patients and families through both system effectiveness and individual performance. Information technology
Skills
IV/PCA/syringe pumps
EKG/ Cardiac Monitoring
EHR/documentation
SBAR
IV insertion
Phlebotomy
Med Administration
-NGT/Ostomy
-Cardizem
-CO

Student Outcomes
1) Apply the nursing process to the care of patients across the lifespan with a focus on health promotion.

2) Perform foundational nursing care and clinical skills/procedures for adult patients within acceptable nursing standards.

3) Define processes for quality improvement in the patient care setting.

4) Use technology and information management tools to support safe processes of care to include protecting patient health information.

Degree Outcomes
Patient-centered care:  Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient’s preferences, values, and needs. Teamwork and collaboration:  Function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care. Evidence-based practice:  Integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care. Quality improvement:  Use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems. Safety:  Minimizes risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance. Informatics:  Use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making. Core Abilities Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information, and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 0
Lab Contact Hours 20
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 20



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