This course focuses on providing patient-centered nursing care to individuals in chronic and acute stages of illness with an emphasis on optimization of health status, personal adaptation, and health care beliefs. Students will develop clinical reasoning skills through class and clinical experiences. Clinical includes engagement of individuals in acute care settings. Disorders of the cardiovascular, peripheral vascular, hematologic, oncologic, respiratory, immunologic, musculoskeletal, endocrine, gastric, renal and neurologic systems will be included. The course includes four credit hours of theory and three credit hours of clinical experiences.
Prerequisite(s): NURS 2200 Medical-Surgical I with grades of "C+" or better.
Corequisite(s): NURS 2110 Pharmacology II and NURS 2350C Medical-Surgical II Clinical.
NURS 2200 Medical-Surgical I (2 hours)
Building on foundational nursing concepts, students in this course will learn how to provide compassionate care to patients with stable disease processes in a variety of settings. Students will be introduced to professionalism, delegation and priority setting. Students will incorporate the nursing process while engaging with patients in the clinical setting. Body systems covered include: eyes, ears, nose and throat; respiratory; endocrine; cardiovascular; gastrointestinal; integumentary; genitourinary; and musculoskeletal. This course includes two credit hours of theory and two credit hours of clinical experiences.
Prerequisite(s): NURS 2000 Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice, NURS 2100 Pharmacology I, NURS 2710 Pathophysiology for Traditional BSN Students, and NURS 2180 Health Assessment for Traditional BSN Students with grades of "C+" or better.
Corequisite(s): NURS 2110 Pharmacology II and NURS 2200C Medical-Surgical I Clinical.
Archway Curriculum: Essential Connections: Experiential Learning: Intensive
NURS 2110 Pharmacology II (2 hours)
A continuation of evidence based pharmacotherapeutic aspects of nursing care. Emphasis is on principles of safe administration of medications and common uses for major medication classifications. Ethical and cultural considerations across the life span are considered for each medication classification.
Prerequisite(s): NURS 2000 Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice, NURS 2100 Pharmacology I, and NURS 2180 Health Assessment for Traditional BSN Students with grades of "C+" or better.
NURS 2350C Medical-Surgical II Clinical (3 hours)
This clinical must be taken with NURS 2350 Medical Surgical II.
Prerequisite(s): NURS 2200 Medical-Surgical I with grades of "C+" or better.
Corequisite(s): NURS 2110 Pharmacology II and NURS 2350 Medical Surgical II.
Archway Curriculum: Essential Connections: Experiential Learning: Intensive
