NRS 421 - Nursing Care of the Complex Adult Patient Lab

Units: 3
Nine hours lab per week
Prerequisite: NRS 222 , NRS 223 and NRS 310 Admission to the Nursing Program.
Corequisite: NRS 420
Description: This course focuses on principles of nursing care delivery for patients experiencing more complex medical-surgical, multisystem alterations in health. Enhancement of knowledge in managing the care of patients in the acute care setting and/or in the community in order to maintain maximum levels of function, manage systems, analyze nurse sensitive indicators, and increase quality of life. Focus on care planning for the complex patient utilizing the nursing process and Neuman Systems Model. Emphasis is place on nursing case management models, roles and strategies used for managing high-risk vulnerable populations, provided comprehensive care coordination within the interdisciplinary team, leadership roles, patient-centered care, patient education, informatics, quality improvement, discharge planning, patient/family advocacy, and inter-professional interventions for the complex patient. Complex clinical skills, as well as priority setting, clinical judgment, cost-effectiveness, and tenets of legal and ethical practice, and comprehensive care coordination are integrated throughout the course. Clinical experiences provide the student an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts and implement safe care to patients in the acute care setting.
Graded: Credit / No Credit