NG 209/NURS 20959: Concepts of Nursing Care for Patients with Acute, Stable Conditions

Common Course Number
NURS 20959
Program
Lecture Hours 6/week Clinical Hours 9/week Credits 9

This course provides for the acquisition and application of concepts of nursing, including communication, collaboration, caring, and clinical judgment necessary to provide and delegate safe, quality, evidence-based, patient-centered nursing care to diverse patients across the lifespan experiencing acute, stable mental health, medical, surgical, pediatric, and maternal conditions requiring physical and psychological nursing care. Emphasis is placed on quality improvement, professional standards, and legal and ethical responsibilities of the nurse when caring for patients with acute, stable conditions. Application of knowledge and skills occurs in the nursing skills laboratory and a variety of clinical settings.

Prerequisites

BY 154/BIOL 24004 (BIOL 2404), BY 164/BIOL 24104 (BIOL 2414), EH 113/ENGL 10103 (ENGL1013), MS 123/MATH 11003 (MATH 1103), NG 107/NURS 10757, and PSY 213/PSYC 11003 (PSYC 1103)

Corequisites

EH 123/ENGL 10203 (ENGL 1023)