NURS 244 Concepts of Nursing IV

Building on concepts and clinical competencies from previous nursing courses, this course prepares students to care for adult patients with complex health alterations in acute and community-based settings. Leadership and management concepts are further developed through experiences in team leading and continued focus on planning, implementing, and evaluating the delivery of safe, effective patient-centered care. Clinical, skills laboratory, and simulation experiences will supplement didactic learning methods.

Credits

8

Prerequisite

NURS 242 and NURS 243. Pre- or corequisite: HUMN 101

Corequisite

NURS 245

Hours Weekly

4.5 hours theory, 10.5 hours clinical

Course Objectives

1. Promote patient-centered care using the nursing process as a framework for integrating theory and practice while respecting the patient’s culture, preference, and values.
2. Provide health education for adult patients using principles of teaching and learning and health promotion.
3. Collaborate with adult patients and interprofessional team members in acute and community-based settings to provide safe, quality nursing care.
4. Communicate effectively with patients and families using a variety of formats when planning and providing care.
5. Demonstrate behaviors which promote leadership and accountability by utilizing legal, ethical, and professional standards to manage patient care.
6. Perform nursing interventions based on current standards of practice, policies, and procedures to assure the delivery of safe and effective care.
7. Integrate professional knowledge, science, and evidence to formulate nursing judgments.
8. Evaluate traditional and existing nursing practices by examining current evidence.

Course Objectives

1. Promote patient-centered care using the nursing process as a framework for integrating theory and practice while respecting the patient’s culture, preference, and values.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Clinical experience, Nursing Care Plan (NCP)

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Clincal Evaluation Tool, NCP rubric

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Nursing - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   1. Promote patient-centered care that meets the patient’s health needs while respecting their culture, preferences and values.

2. Provide health education for adult patients using principles of teaching and learning and health promotion.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Clinical experience

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Clinical evaluation tool

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Nursing - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   2. Apply principles of teaching and learning, health promotion and reduction of risk potential to provide health education for patients across the lifespan.

3. Collaborate with adult patients and interprofessional team members in acute and community-based settings to provide safe, quality nursing care.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Clinical experience

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Clinical evaluation tool

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Nursing - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   3. Collaborate with patients and interprofessional team members in acute, long-term and community health care settings to advocate for safe quality care.

4. Communicate effectively with patients and families using a variety of formats when planning and providing care.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Simulation experince

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Simulation evaluation tool

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Nursing - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   4. Communicate effectively to assess patient’s health status, and to develop and manage the plan of care.

5. Demonstrate behaviors which promote leadership and accountability by utilizing legal, ethical, and professional standards to manage patient care.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Team Leading Experience

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Team Leader Evaluation Tool

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Nursing - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   5. Demonstrate leadership and accountability by utilizing legal, ethical, and professional standards to provide safe, quality nursing care.

6. Perform nursing interventions based on current standards of practice, policies, and procedures to assure the delivery of safe and effective care.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Clinical experience, Nursing skills

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Clinical evalutation tool, Compentency evaluation

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Nursing - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   6. Perform nursing interventions based on current standards of practice, policies and procedures to optimize the patient’s health.

7. Integrate professional knowledge, science, and evidence to formulate nursing judgments.

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Theory exams

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Nursing - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   7. Integrate professional knowledge, science and evidence to formulate nursing judgments.

8. Evaluate traditional and existing nursing practices by examining current evidence.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Evidence based practice project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Evidence based practice project rubric

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Nursing - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   8. Challenge traditional and existing nursing practices used to solve clinical problems by examining the evidence that underlies current practice.