NU/NL375 Adult Health Nursing I
Designed for the LPN diploma completion student, this medical-surgical course expands the fundamental principles of nursing experiences the LPN has acquired and focuses on concepts relating to care of the adult in the acute care setting with commonly occurring medical-surgical problems. A priority of this course is on the use of the nursing process and developing competence in providing holistic care for clients with specific health care needs/problems. The themes of ENVIRONMENT, HUMANITY, HEALTH, and NURSING are incorporated into holistic care of clients with acute and chronic alterations in health during the clinical experience. Focus of the clinical experience is caring and critical thinking in the application of the nursing process with ill adults in health care facilities. Classroom: 3 hours; Clinical: 90 hours/semester.
Prerequisite
NU313, NU333 and
NU323 (or concurrent).