Nursing - Complex Health Concepts

Complex Health Concepts (NPRO 2000)

Total Credits: 8
Lecture Credits: 4.00
Lab Credits: 4.00

Description: This course focuses on further development of the concepts within the three domains of the individual, nursing and healthcare. You will learn about concepts of cellular regulation, metabolism, perfusion, infection, immunity, stress/coping, mood/affect, cognition, self, comfort, behaviors, health-wellness-illness, clinical decision-making, caring interventions, managing care, and safety, quality improvement, and informatics. Upon completion, you should be able to provide safe nursing care incorporating the concepts identified in this course. Must be taken A-F.

Topical Outline:

Learning Outcomes:
1. 1. Integrate clinical data and nursing knowledge to facilitate the development of clinical reasoning for nursing care of patients with complex health problems. Individual/Nursing Judgment
2. 2. Differentiate between the healthy individual and those individuals experiencing alterations in health. Individual/Human Flourishing
3. 3. Observe changes within the internal and external environment of the individual with these alterations integrated into the plan of care. Individual/Nursing Judgment
4. 4. Correlate diagnostic tests and procedures with the identified alterations. Individual/Nursing Judgment
5. 5. Apply professional nursing values, attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs to patient care situations. Nursing/Professional Identity
6. 6. Integrate all concepts within the domain of nursing to safely provide therapeutic care to individuals with alterations in health. Nursing/Nursing Judgment

Prerequisites: 

NPRO 1150.

Co-requisites: 

BIOL 2230, BIOL 2231.