2021-2022 Pierce College Catalog 
    
    Oct 06, 2024  
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NURS 242 Nursing Skills in Simple-Acute Illnesses Lab (1 credit)



Prerequisite Enrollment in the Associate Degree Nursing Program.

Course Description
Nursing skills needed to assist individuals in meeting basic human needs. Includes a focus on assessments of patients across the lifespan, formulating nursing diagnoses, and documentation related to selected alterations discussed in simple-acute illnesses, with an emphasis on common nursing psychomotor skills.

Student Outcomes
1) Apply the nursing process and how it affects patient-centered care of simple-acute illnesses across the lifespan
2) Analyze team functioning to ensure safety and quality of care
3) Perform nursing care and clinical skills/procedures for adult patients within acceptable nursing standards
4) Implement processes for quality improvement in the clinical lab setting
5) Demonstrate effective strategies to reduce risk of harm to self or others
6) Prioritize technology and information management tools to support safe processes of care to include protecting patient health information
7) Utilize functions within an electronic health record



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