NRSG 1720 Medical Surgical Nursing I

7 (5 lecture; 2 clinical/lab) 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 that are primarily chronic in nature.
Student Learning Outcomes:

Describe the use of the nursing process to provide safe, culturally sensitive, effective and individualized nursing care for an adult client with stable and chronic health problems.
Discuss common adaptive behaviors used by the adult client and their family with stable and chronic health alterations to meet basic needs.
Identify current evidence-based practice guidelines through the science of informatics in the care of the adult client with stable and chronic health alterations.
Describe the importance of the inter-professional team members in assisting client’s efforts in achieving desired health outcomes.
Describe leadership and management concepts and communication skills related to the care of the adult client with stable and chronic health issues related to adult client care issues.
Discuss the importance of professional growth activities in determining the legal and ethical boundaries in the care of the adult client.

Prerequisite(s): NRSG 1710 , NRSG 1120 and BIOL 2010
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.