Course Title: Nursing 471 Nursing Practice in Acute Care

Credits: 2 (clinical)

Semester Offered: Fall, Spring

Prerequisites: N/A

 

Course Description:

This clinical course facilitates application of existing and concurrent theoretical and empirical knowledge, professional nursing practice, interprofessional collaboration and referral in the managment and delivery of safe, high-quality care of the adult patient experiencing acute/ critical and complex health alterations. Clinical experiences will provide opportunities to apply knowledge and evidence-based care across the adult lifespan in a variety of healthcare settings.

Catalog Description:

Apply theoretical and empirical knowledge, professional nursing practice, interprofessional collaboration and referral to manage and deliver safe, high-quality care of the adult patient experiencing acute/critical and complex health alterations in a variety of healthcare settings.

Course Objectives:

  1. Synthesize previously learned knowledge and concurrent knowledge into the care of patients and families with complex and critical illnesses and injuries taking considerations of age-related physiological changes and chronic illness.
  2. Determine psychosocial issues ad challenges for patients and families experiencing critical illness or injury to promote health and return of optimal functioning to the extent illness/injury will allow.
  3. 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.
  4. Recommend 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. Design 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 promotions/prevention interventions for themselves and for their clients.

AACN Competencies [AACN Essentials, 2021]

This course advances:

1.3 Demonstrate clinical judgement founded on a broad knowledge base.

2.1 Engage with the individual in establishing a caring relationship.

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.

4.1 Advance the scholarship of nursing.

4.2 Integrate best evidence into nursing practice.

4.3 Promote the ethical conduct of scholarly activities.

5.2 Contribute to a culture of patient safety.

5.3 Contribute to a culture of provider and workplace safety.

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.

8.2 

AACN Threads:

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

Suggested Clinical Experience:

  • Hospital inpatient units, ICU, ED, CVL
  • CAH