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Describe physiological, psychological, and educational needs from the
antepartal through the parental bonding phases.
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Describe the physiological and behavioral characteristics of a normal
newborn.
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Perform basic nursing care for the newborn and obstetric patients.
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Identify the holistic needs of individual patients, to include crisis
intervention, therapeutic communication, and stress adaptation
responses.
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Differentiate between therapeutic and non-therapeutic techniques of
communication.
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Demonstrate professional behavior in medical-surgical and specialty
areas.
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Describe major characteristics of specified psychological dysfunctions
and related nursing implications.
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| 8.
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Identify nursing care and teaching/treatment plans for patients with
altered functions associated with acid-base, circulatory, diabetic,
gastrointestinal, immunological, orthopedic, and respiratory
dysfunctions.
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| 9.
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Demonstrate infection control measures, including medical and surgical
asepsis, which are used in the nursing care of obstetric and
medical-surgical patients.
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Administer total nursing care, including oral and injectable
medications, to a group of adult patients.
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| 11.
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Prepare, calculate, and administer oral, mucous membrane absorbed,
andinjectable medications.
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| 12.
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Use the nursing process in providing care for a group of patients with
increasingly complex needs and diagnoses.
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| 13.
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Demonstrate the nursing role in preparing, assisting, and providing
care for patients undergoing diagnostic tests and/or therapeutic
procedures.
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| 14.
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Use a variety of computerized clinical case simulations to enhance
critical thinking and decision making skills.
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Describe the ethical and legal responsibilities of the nurse.
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