Master Resource Outline

 

Course Title: NRSG 461 Nursing Practice in Acute/ Chronic Care

Credits: 3 (clinical lab)
Semesters Offered: Semester 2
Prerequisites: NRSG 329 IL, NRSG 327, NRSG 328 NRSG 318

 

Course Description:

This clinical course facilitates application of existing and concurrent theoretical and empirical knowledge, professional nursing practice, interprofessional collaboration and referral in the management and delivery of safe, high quality care of the adult patients across the lifespan experiencing both acute, complex illness and injury and chronic illness and life-limiting diseases. Emphasis is also placed on patient-centered health promotion, disease and palliative care, hospice and end-of-life care for patients and their families. Clinical experiences will provide
opportunities to apply knowledge and evidenced-based care across the adult lifespan in a variety of healthcare settings.

Catalog Course Description:

Application of theoretical and empirical knowledge, nursing practice, collaboration and referral in the management of safe, high quality care of the adult patients across the lifespan experiencing both acute, complex illness, injury, chronic illness and life-limiting diseases.

 

Course Objectives:

1. Synthesize theoretical and empirical knowledge in design and implementation of nursing care of patients across the adult life span and their families in the defined population.
2. Determine psychosocial issues and challenges for patients and families in order to promote health and return of optimal functioning to the extent illness / injury will allow.
3. Explore legal, ethical, and moral issues facing chronic illness and end of life care, sudden illness/injury and death.
4. Integrate the nursing process and appropriate patient education principles to plan, implement, and evaluate, interprofessional collaboration, and technology to care for patients with serious health alterations.
5. Demonstrate appropriate safety measures using effective communication skills.

 

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon completing this course the student will be able to:

1. Evaluate evidence-based practice, information technology to communicate and manage care patients experiencing critical or complex illness / injury
2. Develop a holistic plan of care including assessment, implementation, prioritization, delegation, and evaluation of patients experiencing critical and complex illness / injury in collaboration with other health care team members.
3. Demonstrate effective and therapeutic communication with patients, families, and other health care team members.
4. Incorporate health promotion / prevention interventions for themselves and for their clients.
5. Incorporate appropriate teaching-learning strategies for their clients.
6. Identify community and interprofessional resources to provide appropriate support and care for patients and families in the defined population.

 

AACN Competencies

This course develops:

1.3 Demonstrate clinical judgement founded on a broad knowledge base
2.1 Engage with the individual in establishing a caring relationship.
2.2 Communicate effectively with patients (individuals, families, and groups).
2.3 Perform an assessment.
2.4 Diagnose actual or potential health problems and needs
2.5 Develop a plan of care.
2.6 Demonstrate accountability for care delivery.
2.7 Evaluate outcomes of care
2.8 Promote self-management.
2.9 Provide care coordination.
3.2 Engage in effective partnerships.
3.3 Consider the economic impact of the delivery of health care.
3.5 Demonstrate advocacy strategies.
4.2 Integrate best evidence into nursing practice.
5.1 Apply quality improvement principles in care delivery.
5.2 Contribute to a culture of patient safety.
5.3 Contribute to a culture of provider and workplace safety.
7.1 Apply knowledge of systems to work effectively across the continuum of care.
6.1 Communicate in a manner that supports a partnership approach to care delivery.
6.2 Perform effectively in different team roles, using principles and values of team dynamics.
6.3 Use knowledge of nursing and other professions to address the healthcare needs of patients and populations.
6.4 Work with other professions to maintain a climate of mutual learning, respect, and shared values.
8.3 Use information and communication technologies and informatics processes to deliver safe nursing care to diverse populations in a variety of settings.
8.4 Use information and communication technology to support chronicling of care and communication among providers, patients, and all system levels.
8.5 Use information and communication technologies in accordance with ethical, legal, professional and regulatory standards and workplace policies in the delivery of care.
9.1 Demonstrate an ethical comportment in one’s practice reflective of nursing’s mission to society.
9.2 Employ nursing’s participatory approach to person-centered care.
9.3 Demonstrate accountability to the patient, society, and the profession.
9.4 Comply with relevant laws, policies, and regulations.
10.3 Develop capacity for leadership.
10.2 Demonstrate a spirit of inquiry that fosters flexibility and professional maturity.
9.5 Demonstrate the professional identity of nursing.
9.6 Integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion as core to one’s professional identity.

 

AACN Threads

  • Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity
  • Cultural Sensitivity
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Communication
  • Ethics
  • Clinical Judgement
  • Mental Health

 

Recommended Clinical Experiences

  • Home Health & Hospice
  • Hospital
  • Assisted Living and Skilled nursing facilities
  • Community resources for aging and chronic illness-wellness
  • Dialysis centers
  • Palliative care team rounding
  • Pain clinic
  • Wound care
  • Cardiac rehab
  • Rehabilitation centers

 

Approved by UAAC: 11/24/2020

Approved by Faculty: 11/9/2020