PN-102 Practical Nursing 2
This course expands the concepts of health care to individuals and families experiencing common physical/mental health problems. The student will focus on the professional nursing role in developing clinical judgment, inter-professional communication and teamwork, and interventions to provide safe patient-centered care to patients with acute and chronic health problems across the lifespan.
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Course Description
This course expands the concepts of health care to individuals and families experiencing common physical/mental health problems. The student will focus on the professional nursing role in developing clinical judgment, inter-professional communication and teamwork, and interventions to provide safe patient-centered care to patients with acute and chronic health problems across the lifespan.Credit Hours
7Semester(s) Course Will Be Offered
Spring
Corequisites
BIO-172 and PSY-100
Course Learning Outcomes
- Utilize clinical judgment skills to care for patients experiencing common physical/mental health problems across the lifespan.
- Perform psychomotor skills requiring clinical judgment that follow professional nursing standards.
- Provide prioritized, safe, patient-centered care, utilizing effective communication, to individuals with acute and chronic illness in a variety of healthcare settings.
- Demonstrate professional nursing behaviors within established legal and ethical guidelines.
- Explain the role of the licensed practical nurse as a member of the interprofessional healthcare team to provide safe patient centered care.
- Identify pharmacological and integrative therapies for patients with commonly occurring physical/mental health problems to ensure safe patient-centered care.