NURS 461

I.    Course Title: Nursing Process Applications for ABSN III   

II.    Course Prefix/Number: NURS 461   

III.    Credit Hours: 3 credits

IV.    Prerequisites: NURS 369C                     

        Co-requisites: NURS 477C

V.    Course Description:    

Students continue the development of knowledge, skills, and attitudes to provide acute, ambulatory, and home care for selected health problems. Students apply the nursing process, integrating concepts of illness and disease management, and health promotion. The roles of the provider of care,     designer/manager/coordinator of care, and interprofessional collaborator in complex nursing situations are emphasized.

VI.    Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:

1. Synthesize current knowledge from nursing science, humanities, genetics and genomics, and social and natural sciences to fulfill the role of the nurse as provider of care for individuals, families, and communities throughout the lifespan. 
2. Provide safe and competent care for individuals and families with selected conditions of increasing complexity.
3. Examine selected health problems to include pathophysiology, growth and development, signs and symptoms, treatment, pharmacology, complications, and prognosis.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship of genetics and genomics to the care and treatment of adults.
5. Incorporate evidence-based practice in planning care for individuals in high acuity settings.
6. Model ethical, caring, and culturally competent behaviors in the delivery of comprehensive nursing care of individuals, families, and communities.
7. Demonstrate leadership in collaboration with other disciplines.
8. Describe the nurses’ responsibilities in emergency preparedness for all- hazards incidents.

VII.    Date of Syllabus Approval:  10-8-10
          Revised: 10-17-14