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Dec 26, 2024
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2024-2025 Yavapai College Catalog
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LPN 210 - Application of Practical Nursing II
Description: Application of theoretical concepts of wellness and illness of previously learned clinical concepts. Integrate therapeutic interventions using the nursing process to adapt patient centered care to meet the physical, mental, and psychosocial health care needs of diverse adult, obstetrical, newborn, and pediatric populations in the acute care and outpatient environments. Clinical practicum occurs in well-defined settings and integrates the competencies of nursing practice to include patient centered care, professionalism, communication, teamwork, collaboration, safety, quality, informatics, and evidence-based practice.
Prerequisites: LPN 101 , LPN 105 , LPN 110 , and LPN 115 .
Corequisite: LPN 201 , LPN 205 , and LPN 215 .
Credits: 3
Lecture: 0
Lab: 6
Course Content:
- Contribute to the assessment of the adult, obstetric, newborn, and pediatric patient
- Intermediate to advanced practical nursing skills for the adult, obstetric, newborn, and pediatric patient
- Legal, cultural, and ethical considerations
- Medication administration
- Nursing process
- Safety and quality improvement
- Communication, documentation, and interpersonal skills
Learning Outcomes:
- Apply previous and current nursing principles to care for adult, obstetric, newborn, and pediatric patients within culturally diverse populations (Patient Centered Care). (1-7)
- Demonstrate professionalism within nursing and interdisciplinary teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision making to achieve quality patient outcomes in a variety of settings (Teamwork and Collaboration). (1-7)
- Examine current evidence-based best practice and organizational policy with clinical expertise for delivery of optimal physical, mental, and psychosocial health nursing care in a variety of settings (Evidence-based Practice). (1-7)
- Utilize data to monitor the outcomes of care processes to improve the quality and safety of health care systems including adult, obstetric, newborn, and pediatric acute care populations (Quality Improvement). (1-7)
- Apply strategies to minimize risk of harm to patients, self, and other through both system effectiveness and individual performance in a variety of health care settings (Safety). (1-7)
- Utilize information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate errors, and support decision making (Informatics). (1-7)
Required Assessment:
- Demonstrate competency of drug calculations with a minimum passing score of 95%.
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