I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Professional Nursing Concepts I
2. Course Prefix & Number:
NURS 1544
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 4
Lecture Hours: 4
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
This is the beginning course in a three-semester sequence which emphasizes use of the nursing process and nursing judgment to assess, plan, and implement nursing interventions to promote safe, quality care and human flourishing for individuals, families, and groups experiencing alterations in physiological, psychosocial, sociocultural, spiritual, and developmental integrity. Concepts related to teaching/learning needs in the RN role in providing education to prevent, preserve, and restore health and human flourishing are integrated. Content includes caring for clients across the lifespan. This course focuses on the pathophysiology and RN role for the following concepts: Nursing Process, Teaching and Learning, QSEN, Evidence Based Practice, Pharmacology, Pediatrics, Gerontology, Surgical, and Activity-Exercise Pattern: Musculoskeletal.
5. Placement Tests Required:
Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
NURS 1544 - Professional Nursing Concepts I
Applies to all requirements
NURS 1540, NURS 1541, and NURS 1542 or NURS 2522
9. Co-requisite Courses:
NURS 1544 - Professional Nursing Concepts I
There are no corequisites for this course.
III. Course Purpose
Program-Applicable Courses – This course fulfills a requirement for the following program(s):
Nursing - Associate in Science Degree
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Explain the use of the nursing process used to accurately assess, plan, implement, and evaluate holistic, patient-centered care as it relates to the diagnosis and treatment of actual, potential, and collaborative health problems of clients and families across the lifespan. |
Work as a team member to achieve shared goals |
Discuss pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies as they relate to the management of actual health problems across the lifespan. |
Discuss/compare characteristics of diverse cultures and environments |
Discuss the concepts of lifespan (pediatrics and geriatrics) as they relate to the diagnosis and treatment of actual or potential health problems of clients and families. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Explain the use of the nursing process used to accurately assess, plan, implement, and evaluate holistic, patient-centered care as it relates to the diagnosis and treatment of actual or potential nursing and collaborative health problems of clients and families across the lifespan;
- Demonstrate beginner level critical thinking and nursing judgment to accurately plan client priorities and preferences, including use of available resources, referrals, and evidence-based practice standards;
- Describe the teaching and learning process, including how to facilitate the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and attitudes promoting a change in behavior;
- Discuss beginner level management of care concepts as they relate to providing and directing nursing care that enhances the care delivery setting to protect clients and health care personnel;
- Discuss beginner level health promotion and maintenance concepts that incorporate the knowledge of expected growth and development principles, prevention and/or early detection of health problems, and strategies to achieve optimal health across the lifespan;
- Discuss beginner level psychosocial integrity concepts that promote and support the emotional, mental, and social wellbeing of the client experiencing stressful events as well as clients with acute or chronic mental illness;
- Discuss concepts of nutrition, taking into account multiple client factors such as personal preferences, laboratory values, health problems, education level, and ability to adhere to prescribed dietary plan;
- Discuss pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies as they relate to the management of actual health problems across the lifespan;
- Discuss risk reduction concepts to help reduce the likelihood that clients will develop complications or health problems related to existing conditions, treatments, or procedures;
- Demonstrate a beginner level knowledge of normal values, and recognize deviations from normal values for multiple laboratory and diagnostic tests;
- Discuss beginner level concepts of physiological adaptation, including the ability to manage and provide care for clients with acute, chronic, or life threatening physical health conditions;
- Discuss the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses Project (QSEN) as well as the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAS) that are expected to be met by the end of the program;
- Discuss the concepts of lifespan (pediatrics and geriatrics) as they relate to the diagnosis and treatment of actual or potential health problems with clients and families;
- Discuss concepts of Surgical Nursing as they relate to the diagnosis and treatment of actual or potential health problems of clients and families across the lifespan;
- Discuss concepts of Activity-Exercise Pattern: Musculoskeletal Function as they relate to the diagnosis and treatment of actual or potential health problems of clients and families across the lifespan;
- Demonstrate responsibility, integrity, professionalism, and accountability within the nursing student role; and
- Relate theory with research-based evidence to develop a foundational knowledge of the art and science of nursing, including concepts related to pathophysiological processes and caring behaviors utilized in the care of patients and families.
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Nursing process
- Teaching/learning
- QSEN
- Evidence based practice
- Pharmacology
- Pediatrics
- Gerontology
- Surgical nursing
- Activity-exercise pattern: musculoskeletal
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Professional Nursing Concepts I
2. Course Prefix & Number:
NURS 1544
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 4
Lecture Hours: 4
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
This is the beginning course in a three-semester sequence which emphasizes use of the nursing process and nursing judgment to assess, plan, and implement nursing interventions to promote safe, quality care and human flourishing for individuals, families, and groups experiencing alterations in physiological, psychosocial, sociocultural, spiritual, and developmental integrity. Concepts related to teaching/learning needs in the RN role in providing education to prevent, preserve, and restore health and human flourishing are integrated. Content includes caring for clients across the lifespan. This course focuses on the pathophysiology and RN role for the following concepts: Nursing Process, Teaching and Learning, QSEN, Evidence Based Practice, Pharmacology, Pediatrics, Gerontology, Surgical, and Activity-Exercise Pattern: Musculoskeletal.
5. Placement Tests Required:
Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
NURS 1544 - Professional Nursing Concepts I
Applies to all requirements
NURS 1540, NURS 1541, and NURS 1542 or NURS 2522
9. Co-requisite Courses:
NURS 1544 - Professional Nursing Concepts I
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course fulfills a requirement for the following program(s):
Nursing - Associate in Science Degree
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Explain the use of the nursing process used to accurately assess, plan, implement, and evaluate holistic, patient-centered care as it relates to the diagnosis and treatment of actual, potential, and collaborative health problems of clients and families across the lifespan. |
Work as a team member to achieve shared goals |
Discuss pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies as they relate to the management of actual health problems across the lifespan. |
Discuss/compare characteristics of diverse cultures and environments |
Discuss the concepts of lifespan (pediatrics and geriatrics) as they relate to the diagnosis and treatment of actual or potential health problems of clients and families. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Explain the use of the nursing process used to accurately assess, plan, implement, and evaluate holistic, patient-centered care as it relates to the diagnosis and treatment of actual or potential nursing and collaborative health problems of clients and families across the lifespan;
- Demonstrate beginner level critical thinking and nursing judgment to accurately plan client priorities and preferences, including use of available resources, referrals, and evidence-based practice standards;
- Describe the teaching and learning process, including how to facilitate the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and attitudes promoting a change in behavior;
- Discuss beginner level management of care concepts as they relate to providing and directing nursing care that enhances the care delivery setting to protect clients and health care personnel;
- Discuss beginner level health promotion and maintenance concepts that incorporate the knowledge of expected growth and development principles, prevention and/or early detection of health problems, and strategies to achieve optimal health across the lifespan;
- Discuss beginner level psychosocial integrity concepts that promote and support the emotional, mental, and social wellbeing of the client experiencing stressful events as well as clients with acute or chronic mental illness;
- Discuss concepts of nutrition, taking into account multiple client factors such as personal preferences, laboratory values, health problems, education level, and ability to adhere to prescribed dietary plan;
- Discuss pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies as they relate to the management of actual health problems across the lifespan;
- Discuss risk reduction concepts to help reduce the likelihood that clients will develop complications or health problems related to existing conditions, treatments, or procedures;
- Demonstrate a beginner level knowledge of normal values, and recognize deviations from normal values for multiple laboratory and diagnostic tests;
- Discuss beginner level concepts of physiological adaptation, including the ability to manage and provide care for clients with acute, chronic, or life threatening physical health conditions;
- Discuss the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses Project (QSEN) as well as the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAS) that are expected to be met by the end of the program;
- Discuss the concepts of lifespan (pediatrics and geriatrics) as they relate to the diagnosis and treatment of actual or potential health problems with clients and families;
- Discuss concepts of Surgical Nursing as they relate to the diagnosis and treatment of actual or potential health problems of clients and families across the lifespan;
- Discuss concepts of Activity-Exercise Pattern: Musculoskeletal Function as they relate to the diagnosis and treatment of actual or potential health problems of clients and families across the lifespan;
- Demonstrate responsibility, integrity, professionalism, and accountability within the nursing student role; and
- Relate theory with research-based evidence to develop a foundational knowledge of the art and science of nursing, including concepts related to pathophysiological processes and caring behaviors utilized in the care of patients and families.
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Nursing process
- Teaching/learning
- QSEN
- Evidence based practice
- Pharmacology
- Pediatrics
- Gerontology
- Surgical nursing
- Activity-exercise pattern: musculoskeletal