NUR 213 Complex Health Concepts

Lecture: 4 Lab: 3 Clinic: 15 Credits: 10

This course is designed to assimilate the concepts within the three domains of the individual, healthcare, and nursing. Emphasis is placed on the concepts of fluid/electrolytes, metabolism, perfusion, mobility, stress/coping, violence, health-wellness-illness, professional behaviors, caring interventions, managing care, healthcare systems, and quality improvement. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to provide quality, individualized, entry level nursing care.

Pre-requisite(s): NUR 111 .
Co-requisite(s): NUR 112 , NUR 113 , NUR 114 , NUR 211 , and NUR 212 .
Course is typically offered in Fall and Spring.
Course has transfer restrictions - This NUR prefix not transferred in.

Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
At the completion of the course, the students should be able to do the following:

Correlate the inter-relationships of complex pathophysiologies and the clinical course of individuals.
Incorporate knowledge of the concepts of the holistic individual and the inter-play of these concepts in the promotion of health, wellness and illness.
Distinguish internal and external environmental factors that impact the health and well-being of individuals.
Practice professional nursing behaviors incorporating personal responsibility and accountability for continued competence.
Assimilate concepts within the domain of nursing to provide safe therapeutic nursing care to individuals.
Manage healthcare for individuals using cost effective nursing strategies, quality improvement processes and current technologies.
Communicate professionally and effectively with the interdisciplinary healthcare team while advocating for the therapeutic care of all individuals.
Develop a teaching plan for individuals, and or the nursing team, incorporating teaching and learning principles.
Practice safely and ethically within the healthcare system according to the nurse practice act, healthcare policy, and National Patient Safety Goals.
Apply principles of emergency preparedness to safely navigate the care of individuals in the healthcare system.
Incorporate informatics to formulate evidence-based clinical judgments and management decisions.
Employ mechanisms of quality improvement, cost effective nursing strategies, and current technologies within the healthcare system.
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary healthcare team, to advocate for positive individual and organizational outcomes.