Maricopa Community Colleges  NUR109   19962-20032 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 06/17/03
NUR109 19962-20032 LEC
LAB
5 Credit(s)
5 Credit(s)
5 Period(s)
15 Period(s)
Nursing Process II
Builds and expands upon the system of nursing practice and the holistic client within the health-illness continuum presented in Nursing Process I. Further integration of concepts of health adaptation, individual needs, multicultural values, communication, life span development, nursing process, and professional role. Theoretical concepts focus on the basic principles of care including physical assessment and psychosocial considerations for clients with disorders of body systems. Clinical experiences structured to further develop nursing skills, nursing care plans, documentation, and medication administration to a group of clients. Prerequisites: BIO201, NUR108, and PSY101.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
NUR109   19962-20032 Nursing Process II
1. Explain the responsibilities and standards of professional role development with emphasis on the practical nurse role. (I)
2. Apply principles of individual and family adaptation during acute and chronic illness. (II)
3. Describe the individual needs of the holistic client with altered body systems. (III)
4. Explain the interaction between lifespan development and altered body systems. (IV)
5. Utilize effective communication in the delivery of health care. (V)
6. Implement nursing practice and expanded nursing skills for clients with alteration in body systems. (VI)
7. Evaluate and describe the response to illness based on multicultural variations. (VII)
8. Apply basic theoretical concepts, skills, and nursing process to clients with altered body systems. (VIII)
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NUR109   19962-20032 Nursing Process II
    I. Professional Role Development in Nursing Practice
        A. Nursing role transition
          1. Critical thinking
          2. Accountability
        B. Health care delivery
          1. Trends and issues
          2. Models
      II. Health Adaptation within the Health Illness Continuum
          A. Family adaptation
            1. Acute illness
            2. Chronic illness
            3. Life cycle transition
          B. Crisis theory
          C. Anxiety
        III. Individual Needs of the Holistic Client with Altered Body Systems
          IV. Lifespan Development and Altered Body Systems
            V. Communication
                A. Nurse, client, and family relationships
                B. Interdisciplinary communication
                C. Client teaching
                D. Reporting and recording for group of clients
              VI. Nursing Practice
                  A. Application of nursing process to altered body systems
                  B. Physical assessment
                  C. Expansion of nursing skills appropriate to practical nurse role
                VII. Multicultural Values
                    A. Recognition of multicultural variations
                    B. Responses to alteration in body systems
                  VIII. Basic Principles of Care Related to Body Systems
                      A. Body Systems
                        1. Musculoskeletal
                        2. Genitourinary
                        3. Cardiovascular
                        4. Respiratory
                        5. Reproduction
                        6. Neurology
                        7. Endocrine
                        8. Integumentary
                        9. Immunology (oncology, HIV)
                        10. Gastrointestinal
                        11. Eyes, ear, nose throat
                      B. Anatomy and physiology review
                      C. Introductory pathophysiology
                      D. Concepts of nursing process
                      E. Pharmacological concepts
                      F. Rehabilitation concepts
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