NRS 421 - Nursing Complex Client Lab

Description

Hours: Nine hours lab per week Prerequisite: Admission to the Nursing Program, NRS 222, NRS 223, NRS 310 and for Track I: NRS 391 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 placed on nursing case management models, roles and strategies used for managing high-risk vulnerable populations, providing 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.

Meeting Information

Status: Open
Class Number: 2497
Session: Extended Session 9
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Laboratory
Career: Undergraduate
Dates: 11/30/2015 - 3/4/2016
Grading: Credit / No Credit

Class Availability

Information below is 24 hours old.
Enrollment Total: 38
Available Seats: 12
Wait List Capacity: 0
Wait List Total: 0

Enrollment Information

• Upper Division

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