2024-2025 Yavapai College Catalog 
    
    Dec 27, 2024  
2024-2025 Yavapai College Catalog

NSG 151 - Nursing Theory II


Description: Concepts of nursing care for clients with commonly occurring alternations in health, utilizing the nursing process to apply and analyze previously learned concepts. In addition to assessment, planning, and nursing diagnosis, with emphasis on implementation.  Incorporates a holistic approach to assessment.  Integrates the competencies of nursing knowledge to include patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics.

Prerequisites: NSG 140 , NSG 142 , NSG 143 , NSG 144 , NSG 145  

Corequisite: NSG 152 , NSG 153 , NSG 154  , NSG 155 , BIO 205  

Credits: 3
Lecture: 3
Lab: 0

Course Content:
  1. Principles of nursing care related to delegation and supervision
  2. Nursing care of the client experiencing alterations in respiratory function
  3. Nursing care of the client experiencing alterations in fluid and electrolyte balance
  4. Nursing care of the client experiencing alterations in cellular proliferation
  5. Nursing care of the client experiencing alterations in GI
  6. Nursing care of the client experiencing alterations in renal function
  7. Nursing care of the client experiencing alterations in glucose metabolism
  8. Nursing care of the client experiencing alterations in cardiac function
  9. Nursing care of the client experiencing alterations in endocrine function

Learning Outcomes:
  1. Recognize the patient as a full partner in providing compassionate, coordinated, age, and culturally appropriate care experiencing acute and chronic alterations in health. (Patient-centered Care)(1-9)
  2. Interpret own strengths, limitations, and values related to functioning effectively with others when providing nursing interventions for patients experiencing acute and chronic alterations in health. (Teamwork and Collaboration)(1-9)
  3. Incorporate evidence-based practice to include the components of research as it relates to acute and chronic alterations in health. (Evidence-based Practice)(1-9)
  4. Interpret data to monitor the outcomes of care processes based upon nursing interventions directed toward the patient experiencing acute and chronic alterations in health. (Quality Improvement)(1-9)
  5. Determine strategies that minimize risk of harm to patients experiencing acute and chronic alterations in health. (Safety)(1-9)
  6. Support the use of information and technology (IT) when formulating a plan of care for the client experiencing acute and chronic alterations in health. (Informatics)(1-9)

Required Assessment:
  1. Assignments, Standardized exams, Exams