NURSING PRACTICE CONCEPTS III

9.0 HR. (OC) Prerequisite: Completion of RNRS 118 and BIOL 206 with a grade of "C" or better; concurrently enrolled in BIOL 210 or completion with a grade of "C" or better. This course is designed to further develop the concepts within the three domains: health care recipient (individual) concepts, health and Illness concepts, and professional nursing and health care concepts focusing on using clinical judgment and delegation skills to provide safe, culturally competent, therapeutic nursing care to individuals across the lifespan with specific complex, acute and chronic health alterations. Emphasis is placed on concepts within each domain including professional development, ethics, leadership, safety, care coordination, caregiving, palliative care, evidence, and health care quality. Students will learn advanced safe, intravenous medication administration and pharmacological principles. Students will develop advanced knowledge, skills, and attitudes in the lab and clinical setting to be able to provide safe nursing care incorporating the concepts identified in this course. Six lecture hours and nine laboratory hours per week.