NURS 3505 – Foundations of Clinical Nursing Care II Essay Papers

NURS 3505 – Foundations of Clinical Nursing Care II Essay Papers

Provides further opportunities for students to learn, practice, and achieve competency in more invasive nursing skills including but not limited to peripheral intravenous insertion and blood transfusion. This course requires a Differential Tuition Rate which is an additional fee of $75 charged per credit hour.

**COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) for NURS 3505 – Foundations of Clinical Nursing Care II Essay Papers

At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate how to develop a therapeutic relationship supporting the patient’s rights, dignity, autonomy, and cultural preferences using the nurse’s knowledge, skills, attitudes, and experiences to facilitate dynamic, goal-oriented care individually designed to meet the needs of the patient when performing nursing skills. NURS 3505 – Foundations of Clinical Nursing Care II Essay Papers.

2. Begin to utilize their own cognition skills and ability to work with others when performing nursing skills.

3. Demonstrate the skills necessary to maintain therapeutic communication with patients and families as well as other members of the health care team by utilizing informatics, verbal, and non-verbal means when performing nursing skills.

4. Identify how diverse cultural, ethnic, and social backgrounds function as sources of patient and family values and how to provide nursing care skills which respects those differences.

5. Exhibit the ethical and legal parameters to ensure adherence to standards of nursing practice, health policy, and quality improvement measures while performing nursing skills. Prerequisites: NURS 3005, NURS 3050, NURS 3210, NURS 3320, and NURS 3321 (All Grade C or higher). FA, SP.

NURS 3600. Nursing Research. 3 Hours.

Introduces quantitative and qualitative research concepts, methodology, and techniques, addressing the scientific approach; preliminary steps in research design, measurement, and data collection; analysis of data; and critiquing. Emphasizes the relationship between research and the practice of professional nursing.

**COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)

At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Integrate evidence, clinical judgment, inter-professional perspectives, and patient preferences in planning, implementing, and evaluating outcomes of care. Utilize the process of retrieval, appraisal, and synthesis of evidence in collaboration with other members of the healthcare team to improve patient outcomes.

2. Utilize information technology to retrieve hierarchical levels of evidence and evaluate the credibility of sources of information, including but not limited to databases and internet resources to address clinical questions.

3. Discuss the role of evidence-based practice in organizational and systems leadership to support quality patient care and apply principles of evidence-based practice with diverse populations across the lifespan.

4. Demonstrate an understanding of the basic elements of the research process, differentiate questions and methods suitable for quantitative and qualitative nursing research, and apply strategies and resources to promote evidence-based practice, especially in areas of quality and safety.

5. Identify practice discrepancies between identified standards and practice that may adversely impact patient outcomes. Prerequisites: Admission to the DSU RN-BSN program and MATH 1040, or STAT 2040, AND NURS 3100 (can be concurrently enrolled). FA, SP, SU.

NURS 3650. Evidence Based Practice and Research Methods. 3 Hours.

Introduces quantitative and qualitative research concepts, methods, and techniques, addressing the scientific approach; preliminary steps in research design, measurement, and data collection; analysis of data; and critiquing. Emphasize the relationship between research, evidence-based practice, and the practice of professional nursing. This course requires a Differential Tuition Rate which is an additional fee of $75 charged per credit hour.

**COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)

At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the basic elements of the research process, differentiate questions and methods suitable for quantitative and qualitative nursing research, and apply strategies and resources to promote evidence-based practice, especially in areas of quality and safety.

2. Make clinical decisions based on appraisal of the evidence, patient preferences, and clinical expertise.

3. Use information technology to retrieve hierarchical levels of evidence and evaluate the credibility of sources of information, including but not limited to databases and internet resources to address clinical questions.

4. Discuss the role of evidence-based practice in organizational and systems leadership to support quality patient care and apply principles of evidence-based practice with diverse populations across the lifespan. NURS 3505 – Foundations of Clinical Nursing Care II Essay Papers.

5. Identify practice discrepancies between identified standards and practice that may adversely impact patient outcomes and utilize the process of retrieval, appraisal, and synthesis of evidence in collaboration with other members of the healthcare team to improve patient outcomes. Prerequisites: Admission to the DSU Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, and NURS 3005, NURS 3050, NURS 3210, NURS 3320, NURS 3321 (All Grade C or higher). FA, SP.

NURS 3505 – Foundations of Clinical Nursing Care II Essay Papers

NURS 3700. Gerontological Nursing. 3 Hours.

Focuses on nursing care of the older adult by exposure to best practices for care of the older adult; issues such as quality of life, elder abuse, cultural considerations, and restraint alternatives; normal physiologic changes of aging; pathological disease processes; cognitive and psychological changes; end-of-life care; and environments of care for the older adult.

**COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)

At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Conduct a comprehensive assessment of the needs of older adults using valid and reliable tools.

2. Use clinical judgment to individualize care for older adults based on knowledge of own values, expectations and attitudes towards aging, professional standards of care, and knowledge of complex syndromes of illness in older adults.

3. Use therapeutic communication skills to communicate respectfully and compassionately with older adults and their families taking into consideration the sensory changes of aging that will impact elder’s ability to communicate.

4. Apply evidence-based standards of care to promote health, prevent disease and reduce risks for elders and adapt technical in consideration of elder’s endurance and capabilities.

5. Apply ethical and legal principles to the complex issues that arise in care of older adults as you advocate for elders in our society. Prerequisite: NURS 3100 (can be concurrently enrolled). FA, SP, SU.

NURS 3710. Foundations of Professional Nursing. 3 Hours.

Introduces health concepts involved in the organization and delivery of healthcare. Professional roles, ethics, and standards of professional nursing practice, as well as the social context of health and healthcare are emphasized. Explores the roles of the BSN nurse in the health care environment, including nurse educator, nurse leader, case manager, and community health nurse. This course requires a Differential Tuition Rate which is an additional fee of $75 charged per credit hour.

**COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)

At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Acquire knowledge regarding the standards and principles of delegating, organizing, prioritizing patient care within the professional nursing role.

2. Identify valid resources for locating evidence reports and evidence summaries as well as using university databases and other resources to acquire knowledge of professional roles, ethics, and standards of professional nursing practice.

3. Adapt their own style of communication to the needs of others and the situation as delineated by nursing role and responsibilities.

4. Describe how diverse cultural, ethnic, and social backgrounds function as sources of patient and family values and the effect on nursing role and responsibilities within the healthcare environment.

5. Describe professional roles, ethics, and standards of nursing practice. Prerequisite: NURS 3005, NURS 3050, NURS 3210, NURS 3320, NURS 3321 (Grade C or higher). FA, SP.

NURS 3820. Care of Patients Across the Lifespan II. 5 Hours.

Integrates concepts of the health-illness continuum across the lifespan with a greater focus on pathophysiology, pharmacology, and clinical judgment in care of patients with more complex health problems. This course requires a Differential Tuition Rate which is an additional fee of $75 charged per credit hour.

**COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)

At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Gain an understanding of how to develop a therapeutic relationship supporting the patient’s rights, dignity, autonomy, and cultural preferences using the nurse’s knowledge, skills, attitudes, and experiences to facilitate dynamic, goal-oriented care individually designed to meet the needs of the patient.

2. Begin to develop cognitive skills and ability to work with others. Each will further identify evidence based practice which may promote healthy lifestyle, prevent disease, and deliver safe patient-centered care.

3. Acquire the skills necessary to maintain therapeutic interactions with patients, families, and other members of the health care team by utilizing informatics, verbal, and non-verbal means.

4. Describe how diverse cultural, ethnic, and social backgrounds function as sources of patient and family values and how to provide nursing care which respects those differences.

5. Learn the ethical and legal parameters to ensure adherence to standards of nursing practice, health policy, and quality improvement measures. Prerequisites: NURS 3005, NURS 3050, NURS 3210, NURS 3320, NURS 3321 (Grade C or higher). FA, SP.

NURS 3821. Care of Patients Across the Lifespan II Clinical (ALCS). 3 Hours.

Applies concepts related to the complex illness experience of patients across the lifespan and their families. There is an emphasis on communication, assessment, clinical interventions and evaluation of outcomes. This course is designated as an Active Learning Community Service (ALCS) course. Students provide service in areas of public concern in a way that is mutually beneficial for both the student and community. This course requires a Differential Tuition Rate which is an additional fee of $75 charged per credit hour.

**COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)

At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to:

1. NURS 4011 – Community, and Population-Based Care Study Papers. Demonstrate how to develop a therapeutic relationship supporting the patient’s rights, dignity, autonomy, and cultural preferences using the nurse’s knowledge, skills, attitudes, and experiences to facilitate dynamic, goal-oriented care individually designed to meet the needs of the patient.

2. Begin to utilize their own cognition skills and ability to work with others. They will further utilize evidence based practice to promote healthy lifestyle, prevent disease, and deliver safe patient-centered care.

3. Demonstrate the skills necessary to maintain therapeutic interactions with patients, families, and other members of the health care team by utilizing informatics, verbal, and non-verbal means.

4. Identify how diverse cultural, ethnic, and social backgrounds function as sources of patient and family values and how to provide nursing care which respects those differences.

5. Exhibit the ethical and legal parameters to ensure adherence to standards of nursing practice, health policy, and quality improvement measures. Prerequisites: NURS 3005, NURS 3050, NURS 3210, NURS 3320 (Grade C or higher). FA, SP.

NURS 3900. Pathophysiology. 3 Hours.

Applies anatomy and physiology concepts to examine alterations of human function. Explores major pathophysiological concepts using a body systems approach. Relates etiology, pathogenesis, and clinical manifestations in the study of common health problems.

**COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)

At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Describe abnormal physiologic processes associated with common disease processes using a body system approach. (Patient Centered Care)

2. Differentiate normal and abnormal physiological findings and manifestations. (Clinical Judgment)

3. Describe common physiologic stressors, human adaptive and maladaptive responses, and its impact on individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations. (Communication)

4. Explain age-related and cultural differences in physiologic and pathophysiologic processes and their clinical manifestations. (Caring). NURS 3505 – Foundations of Clinical Nursing Care II Essay Papers

5. Describe ethical considerations for diagnosis and treatment of altered pathophysiological processes. (Professional Behavior) Prerequisites: BIOL 2320 (grade C or higher); AND BIOL 2325 (grade C or higher); AND BIOL 2420 (Grade C or higher); AND BIOL 2425 (grade C or higher). FA, SP, SU.

NURS 4010. Care of Patients Across the Lifespan III. 6 Hours.

Integrates concepts of the health-illness continuum across the lifespan in care of patients with multisystem health problems using clinical judgment. This course requires a Differential Tuition Rate which is an additional fee of $75 charged per credit hour.

**COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)

At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Acquire knowledge of how to incorporate concepts of the health illness continuum across the lifespan to manage care for individuals and groups in a variety of patient care settings with both predictable and unpredictable outcomes.

2. Describe strategies to empower patients or families in all aspects of the health care process.

3. Use therapeutic communication skills with adults across the health-illness continuum and across the lifespan to improve patient health outcomes.

4. Acquire knowledge of how to integrate professional standards of moral, ethical, and legal conduct when providing therapeutic nursing interventions for diverse populations across the lifespan in a multicultural environment.

5. Discuss effective strategies for overcoming barriers, facilitating teamwork, and participating in quality improvement measures to promote health for patients across the lifespan. Prerequisites: NURS 3505, NURS 3650, NURS 3710, NURS 3820, (Grade C or higher). FA, SP.

NURS 4011. Care of Patients Across the Lifespan III Clinical (ALCS). 3 Hours.

Provides students the opportunity to practice and master skills previously learned for patients with multisystem health problems across the lifespan. Students are assigned to a hospital based affiliate and the simulation laboratory setting. This course is designated as an Active Learning Community Service (ALCS) course. Students provide service in areas of public concern in a way that is mutually beneficial for both the student and community. This course requires a Differential Tuition Rate which is an additional fee of $75 charged per credit hour.

**COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)

At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Incorporate concepts of the health illness continuum across the lifespan to manage care for individuals and groups in a variety of patient care settings with both predictable and unpredictable outcomes.

2. Use strategies to empower patients or families with complex conditions in all aspects of the health care process.

3. Use therapeutic communication skills with patients across the health-illness continuum and across the lifespan to improve patient health outcomes.

4. Integrate professional standards of moral, ethical, and legal conduct when providing therapeutic nursing interventions for diverse populations across the lifespan in a multicultural environment.

5. Utilize effective strategies for overcoming barriers, facilitating teamwork, and participating in quality improvement measures to promote health for patients across the lifespan. Prerequisites: NURS 3505, NURS 3650, NURS 3710, NURS 3820 (Grade C or higher). FA, SP.

NURS 4020. Community Health Nursing. 5 Hours.

Prepares the baccalaureate student to function within the scope of professional nursing practice in the care of individuals, families, and groups in the community with emphasis placed on family assessment, community assessment, health promotion, health maintenance, and disease prevention. Past, present, and future community service trends are explored and analyzed. Includes classroom and clinical learning experiences.

**COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)

At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Acquire knowledge to incorporate concepts of disease prevention, risk reduction, health promotion, and health restoration to the management and delivery of population-focused nursing care. Utilize Healthy People 2020 Health Objectives to assess, diagnose, plan, and implement an intervention for a community. NURS 3505 – Foundations of Clinical Nursing Care II Essay Papers.

2. Describe research findings and how to apply these findings to the nursing care of community populations.

3. Understand how to apply an interdisciplinary approach in performing a community assessment, decision-making, planning, implementation, and evaluation of population-focused care.

4. Acquire knowledge of how to integrate professional standards of moral, ethical, and legal conduct when providing therapeutic nursing interventions for diverse populations across the lifespan in a multicultural environment.

5. Describe professional roles, ethics, and standards of nursing practice. Also, the student will identify policies, political, and economic influences at the local, national, and state levels related to care of community populations. Prerequisites: NURS 3100 (can be concurrently enrolled). FA, SP, SU. NURS 4030. Nursing Policy & Ethics. 3 Hours.

NURS 3505 – Foundations of Clinical Nursing Care II Essay Papers

NURS 4011 – Community, and Population-Based Care Study Papers.

Addresses policy development, political influences and power, and nursing’s involvement in the policy-making process. Legislation past and present, as well as ethical theories, frameworks, and the process of ethical inquiry are examined, explored, and analyzed as a basis for professional nursing practice, education, research, and decision-making.

**COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)

At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate basic knowledge of healthcare policy, including local, state, national, and global healthcare trends.

2. Integrate concepts from ethical theories, frameworks, codes for nurses, and the process of ethical inquiry into practice, education, research, and decision-making.

3. Discuss the implications of healthcare policy on issues of access, equity, affordability, and social justice in healthcare delivery.

4. Advocate for consumers and the nursing profession. Also, prevent unsafe, illegal, and unethical care practices.

5. Describe professional roles, ethics, and standards of nursing practice. Also, participate in political processes and grassroots legislative efforts to influence healthcare policy. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the RN-BSN program. FA, SP.

NURS 4040. Nursing Leadership Management. 5 Hours.

Explores the role of the professional nurse as a leader and manager of patient care by exploring strategies, processes, and techniques of the nurse leader and manager as well as theories, principles, and application of leadership and management within the professional nursing role.

**COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)

At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Analyze the principles surrounding therapeutic interactions in providing direct and indirect care for patients, families, groups, communities, and other members of the health care team.

2. Demonstrate insightful thinking through utilization of personal cognition, interdisciplinary collaboration, and evidence based practice.

3. Examine the principles of therapeutic communication need to build and maintain relationships with clients, families, groups, communities, and other members of the health care team and how to utilize informatics in order to improve patient health outcome.

4. Demonstrate a knowledge moral and ethical commitment toward the protection and promotion of human dignity and diversity of individuals, families, groups, communities, and members of the healthcare team.

5. Examine the principles needed to collaborate with the interdisciplinary healthcare team in order to plan, organize, delegate, and evaluate the implementation of quality care and patient safety. In addition, the student will explore the ethical and legal standards of nursing practice, health care policy, and quality improvement. Prerequisite: NURS 3100 (can be concurrently enrolled). FA, SP.

NURS 4300. Community/Global Health Nursing. 4 Hours.

Prepares the baccalaureate student to function within the scope of professional nursing practice in the care of individuals, families, and groups in the community with emphasis placed on global health perspectives, population-based assessment, health promotion, health maintenance, and disease prevention. This course requires a Differential Tuition Rate which is an additional fee of $75 charged per credit hour.

**COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)

At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Acquire knowledge to incorporate concepts of disease prevention, risk reduction, health promotion, and health restoration to the management and delivery of population-focused nursing care. Utilizes Healthy People 2020 Health Objectives to assess, diagnose, plan, and implement an intervention for a community.

2. Describe research findings and how to apply these findings to the nursing care of community populations. NURS 3505 – Foundations of Clinical Nursing Care II Essay Papers.

3. Understand how to apply an interdisciplinary approach in performing a community assessment, decision-making, planning, implementation, and evaluation of population-focused care.

4. Acquire knowledge of how to integrate professional standards of moral, ethical, and legal conduct when providing therapeutic nursing interventions for diverse populations across the lifespan in a multicultural environment.

5. Identify policies, political, and economic influences at the local, state, national, and global levels related to care of community populations. Prerequisites: NURS 3505, NURS 3650, NURS 3710, NURS 3820 (Grade C or higher). FA, SP.