NRSG 2730 Medical Surgical Nursing II

7 Credit Hours [5 lecture hours; 2 clinical hours (minimum 12 contact hours per week per 7-week term)] 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 acute in nature.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to meet the eight (8) core competencies as evidenced by:

Professional Behavior: Apply ethical, legal, and regulatory frameworks of nursing and standards of professional nursing practice.
Communication: Apply effective communication techniques, including information and technology.
Assessment: Assess subjective and objective data to identify actual or potential health alterations.
Clinical Decision Making: Use clinical decision making to provide safe and effective evidence-based nursing care.
Caring Interventions: Implement caring interventions that incorporate principles of dignity, diversity, safety, and knowledge.
Teaching and Learning: Implement an individualized teaching plan to meet the learning needs of patients, families, and/or groups.
Collaboration: Collaborate when planning and implementing care.
Managing Care: Examine various principles of managing care.

Prerequisite(s): BIOL 2020 and NRSG 1720
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.