I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Professional Nursing Concepts II

2. Course Prefix & Number:
NURS 2540

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 6

Lecture Hours: 6

Lab Hours: 0

4. Course Description:

This is the second 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: Cognitive-Perceptual Pattern: Mental Health, Activity-Exercise Pattern: Cardiovascular, Circulatory, and Hematological Function, Activity-Exercise Pattern: Gas Exchange and Respiratory Function, Normal /Intra/Postpartum and Newborn Care, and Nutritional-Metabolic Pattern: Fluid and Electrolytes.

5. Placement Tests Required:

Accuplacer (specify test):

No placement tests required

Score:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

9. Co-requisite Courses:

There are no corequisites for this course.

II. Transfer and Articulation

III. Course Purpose

1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required 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:
Demonstrate oral communication skills	Apply concepts of Activity-Exercise Pattern: Gas Exchange and Respiratory Function as they relate to the diagnosis and treatment of actual or potential health problems of clients and families across the lifespan.
Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills	Apply concepts of Cognitive-Perceptual Pattern: Mental Health as they relate to the diagnosis and treatment of actual or potential health problems of clients and families across the lifespan.
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations	Apply concepts of Activity-Exercise Pattern: Cardiovascular, Circulatory, and Hematologic Function as they relate to the diagnosis and treatment of actual or potential health problems of clients and families across the lifespan.

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

• Apply a beginner level of the nursing process 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;
• Utilize 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;
• Discover the teaching and learning process, including how to facilitate the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and attitudes promoting a change in behavior and higher level of wellness;
• Utilize 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;
• Apply safety and infection control concepts that protect clients and health care personnel from health and environmental hazards in multiple settings;
• Apply 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;
• Apply beginner level psychosocial integrity concepts that promote and support the emotional, mental, and social well-being of the client experiencing stressful events as well as clients with acute or chronic mental illness;
• Apply concepts of nutrition, taking into account multiple client factors such as personal preference, laboratory values, health problems, education level, and ability to adhere to prescribed dietary plan;
• Apply pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies as they relate to the management of actual health problems across the lifespan; 
• Apply 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 of knowledge of normal values, and recognize deviations from normal values for multiple laboratory and diagnostic tests;
• Apply 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;
• Apply concepts of Cognitive-Perceptual Pattern: Mental Health as they relate to the diagnosis and treatment of actual or potential health problems of clients and families across the lifespan;
• Apply concepts of Nutritional-Metabolic Pattern: Fluid and Electrolytes as they relate to the diagnosis and treatment of actual or potential health problems of clients and families across the lifespan;
• Apply concepts of Elimination Pattern: Renal and Urinary Tract Function as they relate to the diagnosis and treatment of actual or potential health problems of clients and families across the lifespan;
• Apply concepts of Activity-Exercise Pattern: Gas Exchange and Respiratory Function as they relate to the diagnosis and treatment of actual or potential health problems of clients and families across the lifespan;
• Apply concepts of Activity-Exercise Pattern: Cardiovascular, Circulatory, and Hematologic Function as they relate to the diagnosis and treatment of actual or potential health problems of clients and families across the lifespan;
• Apply concepts of Normal Ante/Intra/Postpartum and Newborn Care 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

1. Cognitive-Perceptual Pattern: Mental Health
2. Nutritional-Metabolic Pattern: Fluid and Electrolytes
3. Elimination Pattern: Renal and Urinary Tract Function
4. Activity-Exercise Pattern: Gas Exchange and Respiratory Function
5. Activity-Exercise Pattern: Cardiovascular, Circulatory, and Hematological Function
6. Normal Risk Ante/Intra/Postpartum and Newborn Care