NUAT 542 Medical Surgical Nursing III
Focuses on advanced concepts of nursing care as they relate to clients with complex, multisystem alterations in health. Emphasis is placed on implementing time management and organizational skills while managing the care of clients with multiple needs and collaborating with the interdisciplinary team. Concepts of client centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, safety, informatics, systems-based practice, professionalism, and caring are integrated throughout the course. Complex clinical skills, as well as priority setting, clinical judgment, and tenets of legal and ethical practice, are integrated throughout the course. Clinical experiences provide the student an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts and implement safe care to clients and selected groups in a variety of settings.
(5 credit hours: 3 didactic; 1.5 clinical; .5 simulation)
Prerequisite
Admission to the accelerated nursing program and successful completion of all prerequisite courses or APC approval
Offered
Spring Second Term