Maricopa Community Colleges  NUR109   19942-19956 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 10/26/93
NUR109 19942-19956 LEC
LAB
5 Credit(s)
5 Credit(s)
5 Period(s)
15 Period(s)
Nursing Process II
Builds and expands upon holistic nursing concepts and skills of Nursing Process I, in care of adults and children. Nursing role development continues: Use of nursing process in presentation of basic concepts in mental health, child health, and maternity care. Includes basic principles of care for clients with disorders of selected body systems. Further expansion of growth and development throughout the lifespan, therapeutic interpersonal communication, health promotion, cultural and ethnic considerations. Clinical experiences structured to further develop bedside nursing skills with adults and children, nursing care plans and charting, and medication administration to a group of clients. Prerequisites: BIO201, NUR108, and PSY101.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
NUR109   19942-19956 Nursing Process II
1. Identify basic psychiatric theories and related nursing principles. (I)
2. Describe nursing care appropriate to the developmental stages of childhood. (II)
3. Describe basic concepts and nursing principles related to the childbearing family. (III)
4. Identify health promotion strategies for psychiatric, pediatric and maternity clients and their families. (I, II, III)
5. Describe basic concepts, procedures, treatments and nursing interventions for selected body systems. (IV)
6. Discuss the responsibilities and standards of practice inherent in the practical nurse role. (V)
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NUR109   19942-19956 Nursing Process II
    I. Introduction to Psychiatric Nursing
        A. Review of Psychiatric Theories
        B. Basic Concepts of Nursing Process
        C. Care of the Client with Specific Psychiatric Disorders
        D. Beginning Pharmacologic Concepts
        E. Basic Rehabilitation Concepts
        F. Role Development and Ethical/Legal Issues
        G. Cultural and Ethnic Considerations
      II. Introduction to Pediatric Nursing
          A. Historical Perspectives
          B. Developmental Stages Related to the Hospitalized Child
          C. Common Health Problems of Childhood and Health Promotion
          D. Basic Concepts of Nursing Process
          E. Beginning Pharmacologic Concepts
          F. Role Development and Ethical/Legal Issues
          G. Cultural and Ethnic Considerations
        III. Introduction to Normal Maternity Nursing
            A. Anatomy and Physiology Review
            B. Concepts of Reproduction and Altered Physiology
            C. Growth and Development of Fetus and Neonate
            D. Basic Concepts of Nursing Process
              1. Antepartum
              2. Intrapartum
              3. Post Partum
              4. Nursery
            E. Beginning Pharmacologic Concepts
            F. Basic Health Promotion Concepts
            G. Role Development and Ethical/Legal Issues
            H. Cultural and Ethnic Considerations
          IV. Introduction to Concepts of Selected Body Systems
              A. Selected Body Systems
                1. Reproductive Systems
                2. Cardiovascular Systems
                3. Respiratory System
                4. Endocrine System
                5. Neurologic System
                6. Visual-Auditory System
                7. Gastrointestinal System
              B. Anatomy and Physiology Review
              C. Introductory Pathophysiology
              D. Basic Concepts of Nursing Process
              E. Beginning Pharmacologic Concepts
              F. Basic Health Promotion Concepts
              G. Cultural and Ethnic Considerations
            V. Nursing Role Development
                A. Nursing Role Transition
                B. Ethical and Legal Issues
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