Maricopa Community Colleges  NUR181PN   20022-20055 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 12/11/01
NUR181PN 20022-20055 LEC 5 Credit(s) 5 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. Includes concepts of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, and concepts of clinical nutrition to care of clients across the lifespan. 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. 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: NUR161PN.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
NUR181PN   20022-20055 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, VII)
6. Apply concepts of wellness and illness to the care of pediatric and adult clients with alterations in health. (III, VII)
7. Describe the anatomy and physiology of selected body systems. (IV)
8. Describe the pathophysiology of selected disease processes. (V)
9. Utilize principles clinical nutrition in the plan of care for clients across the lifespan with selected disease processes. (VI)
10. Apply the nursing process when caring for childbearing clients and the childbearing family. (VII)
11. Apply the nursing process when caring for pediatric and adult clients with selected alterations in health. (VII)
12. Apply nursing standards that safeguard the client's health and well being within the practical nurse's scope of practice. (VIII)
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NUR181PN   20022-20055 Nursing Process and Critical Thinking II
    I. Caring
        A. Techniques in therapeutic communication
        B. Caring behaviors
      II. Critical Thinking
          A. Establishing nursing priorities
          B. Decision-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. Anatomy and Physiology
              A. Cardiac System
              B. Gastrointestinal System
              C. Sensory System
              D. Neurological System
              E. Endocrine System
              F. Reproductive System
            V. Pathophysiological Concepts
                A. Oxygenation/Perfusion
                B. Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, and Elimination
                C. Sensory Perception
                D. Neurological/Neuromuscular
                E. Regulatory Mechanisms
                F. Reproductive Health
              VI. Nutrition Management
                  A. Nutritional needs of the child
                  B. Nutrition needs of the pregnant woman
                  C. Nutritional needs for ill clients
                VII. Safe Nursing Practice
                    A. Nursing process for childbearing clients and families
                      1. sexuality and reproduction
                      2. pregnancy
                      3. intrapartum
                      4. postpartum
                      5. newborn
                    B. Nursing process for pediatric and adult clients with alterations in health
                      1. oxygenation/perfusion
                      2. ingestion, digestion, absorption, and elimination
                      3. urinary elimination
                      4. sensory perception
                      5. neurological/neuromuscular
                      6. regulatory mechanisms
                      7. reproductive health
                  VIII. 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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