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NURS 139 - Advanced Concepts in Practical Nursing


Credits: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 1.5
Off Site Contact Hours with Faculty: 4.5
Description: This capstone course emphasizes the application of the nursing process and critical thinking skills while utilizing evidence-based principles of nursing to care for groups of clients within the practical nurse scope of practice. Theoretical content focuses on select advanced physiological and psychiatric mental health alterations as well as issues related to licensure and employment for the practical nurse. Clinical experiences are provided in acute and community settings utilizing an interdisciplinary collaborative approach.

Prerequisites: NURS 107 . NURS 108 . NURS 128 . PSYCH 201 .
Corequisites: None.
Recommended: None.

Course Category: Occupational
This Course is Typically Offered: Summer Only
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Course Competencies
  1. Apply the nursing process to clients with common cardiac arrhythmias and surgeries.
  2. Apply the nursing process to clients with integumentary alterations.
  3. Explore the nurse’s role in various disaster and terrorism situations.
  4. Apply the nursing process to clients with select reproductive alterations.
  5. Apply the nursing process to clients with cancer.
  6. Apply the nursing process to clients with select sensory alterations of the ear and eye.
  7. Apply the nursing process to clients with select psychiatric mental health alterations, including human trafficking.
  8. Recognize how implicit bias may affect perceptions leading to disparities in healthcare delivery and health outcomes.
  9. Apply the nursing process and leadership principles to manage care for a group of clients.
  10. Establish techniques and strategies utilized for employment as a practical nurse.
  11. Utilize computerized testing strategies to prepare to write the NCLEX-PN.
  12. Demonstrate designated clinical competencies.
  13. Demonstrate proficiency with medication dosage calculations.
  14. Demonstrate proficiency on select standardized computer assessments.



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