Course Number:

Credit Hours:

4

Course Title:

Nursing Care of Adults 2

Course Description:

Focuses on the care of adults and their families experiencing complex physiological insults across the life span. Builds on the conceptual foundation presented in NUR G030. Provides students with an opportunity to increase organizational skills through the expanding complexity of patient acuity levels and workloads in advanced health-care settings. Emphasizes complex decision making through collaborative practice and the use of evidence-based practices in high-acuity and critical care settings. Seeks to help the student conceptualize care of the ill patient from admission to discharge and beyond as a means of holistic practice that demonstrates prevention, promotion, maintenance, and restoration of the client with complex health problems.