PN-103 Practical Nursing 3

This course expands the concepts of health care to individuals and childbearing families experiencing acute and chronic physical health problems across the lifespan. The student will use clinical judgment, inter-professional communication and teamwork, and interventions to provide safe patient-centered care.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

PN-101 and PN-102

Department

• Nursing

Semesters Course Will Be Offered

• Summer

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PN 103: Practical Nursing 3

Department

Nursing

Course Description

This course expands the concepts of health care to individuals and childbearing families experiencing acute and chronic physical health problems across the lifespan. The student will use clinical judgment, inter-professional communication and teamwork, and interventions to provide safe patient-centered care.

Credit Hours

4

Contact Hours

Lecture	2
Lab	6
Other	0

Grading Scheme

Letter

Semester(s) Course Will Be Offered

Summer

Prerequisites

PN-101 and PN-102

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Utilize knowledge of pathophysiology to apply clinical judgment skills to provide care to individuals and childbearing families experiencing acute and chronic health problems across the lifespan.
2. Perform psychomotor skills requiring increasing clinical judgment, that follow professional nursing standards.
3. Provide prioritized, safe, patient-centered care to individuals and childbearing families, utilizing effective communication, with acute and chronic physical problems in a variety of healthcare settings.
4. Demonstrate professional nursing behaviors within established legal and ethical guidelines.
5. Collaborate with patients, families, and members of the interprofessional team to provide safe, patient-centered care.
6. Understand the role of the professional nurse when administering pharmacological therapies to manage patients with acute and chronic health problems across the lifespan.