NU 340 Introduction to Adult Nursing
Introduction to Adult Nursing is the first in the two-course sequence of adult nursing. This course explores the roles of the nurse in relation to providing patient-centered care to patients with common medical/ surgical health problems. Course content emphasizes health promotion, disease/ illness/ injury prevention, disease management, health restoration, and health maintenance. Continuing themes of pharmacotherapeutics, gerontological considerations, safety, evidence-based practice, therapeutic communication, as well as patient education and advocacy are explored. This course incorporates critical thinking, clinical reasoning, clinical judgment and basic leadership skills into classroom and clinical learning experiences. A structured experience in the simulation lab is included to integrate the nursing process with new nursing interventions. Course content will focus on common health problems related to fluid and electrolytes, pulmonary, cardiovascular, urinary, gastrointestinal, and musculoskeletal disorders, problems of metabolism, sensation and perception, circulation, and perioperative care.
A prerequisite to NU 360 and NU 370
Prerequisite
NU 300 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing,
NU 310 Pathophysiology, and
NU 330 Care of the Childbearing Family. Pre- or Co-requisite to
NU 374 Concepts in Child Health Nursing