NUR 261 - Med Surgical Nursing III Clinical

Offered WI
Lab- 12
4 credit hrs/12 contact hrs
Prerequisite: Successful completion of NUR 240/NUR 241
Corequisite: NUR 260

Study of the needs and care of acutely and chronically ill medical and surgical patients as well as critically ill patients. The focus will be on assessment, interventions, and patient teaching. Clinical application includes leadership, organization of a team, medication administration, assessment, interventions, and evaluation of care.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Advocate for patients and families in ways that promote their self-determination, integrity, and ongoing growth as human beings.
Evaluate judgements in practice, substantiated with evidence, that integrate nursing science in the provision of safe quality care and promote the health of patients within a family and community context.
Implement one’s role as a nurse in ways that reflect integrity, responsibility, ethical practices, and an evolving identity as a nurse committed to evidence-based practice, caring, advocacy, and safe quality care for diverse patients within a family and community context.
Analyze the evidence that underlies clinical nursing practice to challenge the status quo, question underlying assumptions, and offer new insights to improve the quality of care for patients, families, and communities.