2020-2021 Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2020-2021 Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]

NSG 270 - Nursing Theory IV


Description: Applies concepts of nursing care for clients with critical alternations in health.  Emphasis is on high-risk and multi-system problems including concepts of acute medical-surgical and critical care nursing.  Uses the nursing process to analyze and synthesize previously learned concepts.  Integrates the QSEN competencies to include patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics.

Prerequisites: NSG 240 , NSG 242 , NSG 250 , and NSG 260  

Corequisite: NSG 272  and NSG 280  

Credits: 3
Lecture: 3
Lab: 0

Course Content:
  1. Principles of nursing care of the client experiencing critical alterations
  2. Principles of nursing care of the client experiencing hemodynamic alterations
  3. Principles of nursing care of the client experiencing alterations in cardiac function
  4. Principles of nursing care of the client experiencing alterations in respiratory function
  5. Principles of nursing care of the client experiencing alterations in neurological function
  6. Principles of nursing care of the client experiecing emergent situations

Learning Outcomes:
  1. Patient-Centered Care - Integrate the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient's preferences, values, and needs. (1-6)
  2. Teamwork and Collaboration - Manage effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care. (1-6)
  3. Evidence-Based Practice - Analyze best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health. (1-6)
  4. Quality Improvement - Analyze data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems. (1-6)
  5. Safety - Integrate strategies to minimize the risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance. (1-6)
  6. Informatics - Critique the use of information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision making.  (1-6)

Required Assessment:
Assignments, exams, standardized exams.