NRSG 2540 - Medical-Surgical Nursing II

Credit hours: 5 (3 lecture; 2 clinical/lab)

Prerequisites: NRSG 1710: Fundamentals of nursing, NRSG 1542 Medical-Surgical Nursing I; Required NRSG Specialty Course.

Corequisites: BIOL 2230: Microbiology, Guided Elective, Required NRSG Specialty Course

Course Description:
This course applies the core concepts that provide the basis for the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are essential for providing safe nursing care including pharmacological management for adults with alterations in health that are acute or chronic in nature.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to meet the eight (8) core competencies as evidenced by:

Professional Behavior: Apply ethical, legal and regulatory frameworks of nursing and standards of professional nursing practice.
Communication: Apply effective Communication techniques including information and technology.
Assessment: Assess subjective and objective data to identify actual or potential health alterations.
Clinical Decision Making: Use clinical decision making to provide safe and effective evidenced-based nursing care.
Caring Interventions: Implement caring interventions that incorporate principles of dignity, diversity, safety and knowledge.
Teaching and Learning: Implement an individualized teaching plan to meet the learning needs of patients, families and/or groups.
Collaboration: Collaborate when planning, implementing, and evaluating care.
Managing Care: Examine various principles of managing care.