Maricopa Community Colleges  NUR261   20016-20035 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 06/26/01
NUR261 20016-20035 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Nursing Process/Critical Thinking III
Focus on nursing concepts and theories to meet complex human needs across the life span based on the wellness/illness continuum in a variety of acute care and community settings. Emphasis on utilizing critical thinking skills to plan holistic care through the nursing process for groups of clients with selected acute and chronic alterations in health and psychiatric/mental health disorders. Prerequisites: (NUR181, NUR185, NUR187, NUR189 and (HCR240 or HCR240AB), or Integrated Competency Assessment Network (ICAN) placement.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
NUR261   20016-20035 Nursing Process/Critical Thinking III
1. Incorporate critical thinking skills to make inferences and judgments from client data that describe actual and potential nursing problems. (I)
2. Integrate holism in planning nursing care of clients and families with psychiatric/mental disorders and acute and chronic alterations in health. (II)
3. Design a holistic health care teaching plan in collaboration with client, family, and members of the health team. (I, II)
4. Develop a nursing plan of care for clients with acute and chronic alterations of health and psychiatric/mental health disorders. (III)
5. Modify the nursing plan of care for clients across the life span integrating their developmental needs. (III)
6. Analyze community based health care issues within a defined community. (III)
7. Incorporate professional nursing standards in the plan of care for clients and families with acute and chronic alterations of health and psychiatric/mental health disorders. (III, IV)
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NUR261   20016-20035 Nursing Process/Critical Thinking III
    I. Critical Thinking
        A. Analysis of data
        B. Inferences and judgment
        C. Modification of nursing care plan
      II. Holism
          A. Cultural competence
          B. Life span development
          C. Wellness/illness continuum
          D. Health education/promotion
          E. Chronic illness and disabilities
        III. Safe Nursing Practice
            A. Nursing process for clients with psychiatric/mental health disorders
              1. Mood disorders
              2. Thought disorders
              3. Psychophysiological disorders
              4. Personality disorders
              5. Anxiety disorders
              6. Child/adolescent disorders
              7. Family violence
              8. Addictions disorders
              9. Family in crisis
            B. Nursing process for clients with acute and chronic alterations in health
              1. Altered immune response
              2. Ingestion, digestion, absorption, and elimination 3 Urinary elimination
              4. Regulatory mechanisms
            C. Nursing process for clients in the community
              1. Principles of epidemiology
              2. Collaborative role as the case manager
              3. Accessing resources
          IV. Role Development
              A. Standards of nursing care related to clients with acute and chronic alterations in health
              B. Standards of nursing care related to client and families with psychiatric/mental health disorders
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