NRSG 2740 Medical Surgical Nursing III

7 Credit Hour(s)

This course applies the core concepts that provide the basis for the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are essential for providing safe nursing care including pharmacological management for adults with alterations in health of a more complex nature.

Learning Outcomes:

Relate the nursing process to plan safe nursing care for clients, families, and groups of diverse backgrounds with complex health alterations utilizing currently acceptable practice guidelines.
Determine individualized nursing care plans based on assessed and/or expressed needs of clients and their families with complex health alterations.
Compare current and acceptable evidence-based practice guidelines through the use of informatics to care for clients and their families with complex health alterations.
Determine the importance of collaboration among members of the interprofessional health team for client’s and their family’s complex health alterations toward meeting the client’s basic needs and desired health outcomes.
Compare and contrast various leadership, management and communication skills to advocate for clients with mental health problems and rights to quality health care.
Evaluate the ethical and legal boundaries of professional nursing practice and accountability for personal and professional growth and practice.

Prerequisite(s): All 1st, 2nd, and 3rd semester nursing courses.
Corequisite(s): NRSG 2240
This course is not designed for transfer to four-year universities. Students should check course recommendations with the college or university to which they intend to transfer for a baccalaureate degree. The receiving institution always makes the final decision about transferability of credits.