Maricopa Community Colleges  NUR180   20006-20032 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 06/17/03
NUR180 20006-20032 LEC 2 Credit(s) 2 Period(s)
Nursing Process and Critical Thinking II
Focus on nursing concepts and theories to meet basic human needs across the life span based on the wellness/illness continuum. Emphasis on the nursing process related to pediatric and adult clients with selected alterations in health. Introduction to care of the well childbearing client and childbearing family. Continuation of the role of the practical nurse in planning nursing care and applying established nursing diagnoses for clients. Emphasis on the utilization of critical thinking processes related to nursing care of clients in acute care and community settings. Prerequisites: NUR160, NUR162, NUR164, NUR168, and HCR240AA.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
NUR180   20006-20032 Nursing Process and Critical Thinking II
1. Apply therapeutic communication skills to selected clients and families in the acute care and community settings. (I)
2. Describe the use of critical thinking in a variety of basic client care situations. (II)
3. Identify developmental and learning needs of children, families and adult clients when planning nursing care. (III)
4. Formulate a teaching plan that addresses health promotion, disease/illness prevention and health restoration. (III)
5. Describe the holistic dimensions of care for children, families and adult clients with alterations in health. (III, IV)
6. Apply concepts of wellness and illness to the care of pediatric and adults clients with alterations in health. (III, IV)
7. Apply the nursing process when caring for well childbearing clients and the childbearing family. (IV)
8. Apply the nursing process when caring for pediatric and adult clients with selected alterations in health. (IV)
9. Apply nursing standards that safeguard the client's health and well being within the practical nurse's scope of practice. (V)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
NUR180   20006-20032 Nursing Process and Critical Thinking II
    I. Caring
        A. Techniques in therapeutic communication
        B. Caring behaviors
      II. Critical Thinking
          A. Establishing nursing priorities
          B. Decison-making
          C. Application to the nursing process
        III. Holism
            A. Wellness/illness continuum
            B. Life span development
            C. Discharge planning
            D. Health education/health promotion
          IV. Safe Nursing Practice
              A. Nursing process for well childbearing clients and families
                1. sexuality and reproduction
                2. normal pregnancy
                3. normal intrapartum
                4. normal postpartum
                5. normal newborn
              B. Nursing process for pediatric and adult clients with alterations in health
                1. oxygenation/perfusion
                2. ingestion, digestion, absorption, elimination
                3. urinary elimination
                4. sensory perception
                5. neurological/neuromuscular
                6. regulatory mechanisms
                7. reproductive health
            V. Role Development
                A. Collaboration within the health care team
                B. Standards of nursing care within the practical nurse’s scope of practice
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