NRSG 131 Nursing Across the Lifespan I
This course is the first of three courses focused on evidence-based, patient-centered nursing care for patients throughout the life cycle. Students will acquire the knowledge and skills essential to make sound clinical judgements for the promotion, restoration, and maintenance of optimal health and wellness for diverse patients. Learning experiences within the classroom, simulation center, and direct patient care settings will engage students in the care of the surgical patient, maintenance of fluid and electrolyte/acid-base balance, and care of the patient experiencing issues of the immune, musculoskeletal, renal, and gastrointestinal systems. Must be accepted into the ASN nursing program.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Apply knowledge and current evidence to provide safe, quality care to diverse patients throughout the life cycle. SLO#1 Use a clinical decision-making process to provide patient-centered care to diverse patients in all healthcare environments.
- Identify environmental, cultural, and lifestyle influences on the health status of bio-psychosocial-spiritual beings throughout the life cycle. SLO#1 Use a clinical decision-making process to provide patient-centered care to diverse patients in all healthcare environments. SLO#2 Collaborate with patients, families, and interdisciplinary team members to coordinate health care services that promote optimum states of health and wellness.
- Effectively communicate with patients, families, and members of the healthcare team to prevent, support, and restore optimum states of health and wellness for patients throughout the continuum of care. SLO#2 Collaborate with patients, families, and interdisciplinary team members to coordinate health care services that promote optimum states of health and wellness. SLO#5 Apply technology and current evidence to support safe and effective patient care.
- Use healthcare informatics and technologies to implement patient-centered nursing care in a variety of healthcare settings. SLO#1 Use a clinical decision-making process to provide patient-centered care to diverse patients in all healthcare environments. SLO#5 Apply technology and current evidence to support safe and effective patient care.
- Demonstrate professional behaviors and advocacy for patient rights and safety. SLO#3 Demonstrate professional behaviors of accountability and cultural humility when engaged in unselfish service to humankind. SLO#4 Use quality improvement processes to improve nursing practice and care for patients across the lifespan and continuum of care.