Maricopa Community Colleges  NUR281   20016-20035 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 06/26/01
NUR281 20016-20035 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Nursing Process & Critical Thinking IV
Emphasis on nursing concepts and theories to meet complex needs of the critically ill and high-risk clients with multiple system alterations in health. Includes high risk perinatal, pediatric, and adult clients in acute care and community settings. Focus on application of critical thinking skills to modify a holistic plan of care. Highlights the role of the professional nurse in health education/promotion, illness prevention, and restorative care. Prerequisites: (NUR261, NUR263, NUR267, and NUR269), or NCE214OP, or Integrated Competency Assessment Network (ICAN) placement.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
NUR281   20016-20035 Nursing Process & Critical Thinking IV
1. Integrate holistic concepts of wellness/illness into the plan of care for clients and families with complex needs. (I, III)
2. Incorporate critical thinking skills to identify actual and potential nursing problems of clients with complex multi-system alterations in health. (II)
3. Develop a holistic teaching plan for clients and families with complex needs. (III)
4. Apply the nursing process to plan care for high-risk childbearing families. (IV)
5. Apply the nursing process to plan care for pediatric and adult clients with complex multi- system alterations in health. (III, IV)
6. Incorporate professional nursing standards of care for clients and families with complex needs. (V)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
NUR281   20016-20035 Nursing Process & Critical Thinking IV
    I. Caring Behaviors in High Acuity Setting
        A. Caring behaviors
        B. Evaluating the use of caring behaviors
      II. Critical Thinking
          A. Collaborative decision making
          B. Nurse as manager of care
        III. Holism
            A. Wellness/Illness continuum
            B. Cultural competence
            C. Life span considerations
          IV. Safe Nursing Practice
              A. Nursing process for high risk childbearing clients and families
              B. Nursing process for pediatric and adult clients with complex alterations in health
                1. Developmental considerations
                2. Oxygenation/ventilation
                3. Perfusion/circulation
                4. Sensory/motor/cognitive (neurological)
                5. Skin integrity (burns)
                6. Movement and coordination(trauma/muscular )
            V. Professional Role Development
                A. Specialty standards of care
                B. Safe practice in high acuity settings
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