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NURS 205 - Advanced Medical Surgical Nursing


Credits: 4.5
Lecture Contact Hours: 2.5
Off Site Contact Hours with Faculty: 6
Description: This course emphasizes the comprehensive application of the nursing process and critical thinking skills while utilizing evidence-based principles of nursing in caring for adult clients experiencing complex medical and surgical alterations within the registered nurse’s scope of practice. Theoretical content focuses on advanced concepts of intravenous therapy, dysrhythmias, oncology, end-of-life care, alternative therapies, and emergency/critical care nursing in addition to select neurological, ear/eye, integumentary, and reproductive system alterations. Clinical experiences are provided in acute and community settings utilizing an interdisciplinary collaborative approach.

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

Course Category: Occupational
This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter
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Course Competencies
  1. Apply the nursing process to clients experiencing acute and chronic pain.
  2. Apply the nursing process to clients with cancer.
  3. Apply the nursing process to clients with oncological emergencies.
  4. Apply the nursing process to clients during the end of life.
  5. Apply the nursing process to clients with ear and eye disorders.
  6. Apply the nursing process to clients with specified integumentary alterations.
  7. Apply the nursing process to clients with specified disorders of the reproductive system.
  8. Apply the nursing process to clients with complex neurological disorders.
  9. Apply the nursing process to clients receiving alternative therapies.
  10. Apply the nursing process to clients needing venipuncture for blood sampling.
  11. Apply the nursing process to clients with peripheral intravenous access devices.
  12. Apply the nursing process to clients with central intravenous access devices.
  13. Apply the nursing process to clients with common cardiac arrhythmias.
  14. Apply the nursing process to clients needing emergency/critical care.
  15. Demonstrate designated clinical competencies.
  16. Demonstrate proficiency on select standardized computer assessments.
  17. Demonstrate proficiency with medication dosage calculations.



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