NURS 1350 Clinical Application
Course Information
| Course Number | NURS 1350 |
|---|---|
| Course Title | Clinical Application |
| Description | Students will apply nursing theories for clients with a variety of health conditions and altered body systems. Application of knowledge includes client interaction across the lifespan in a variety of laboratory and actual health care settings. Nursing interventions are individualized to meet each client's needs with consideration of the client's culture. The nursing process is implemented with an emphasis on critical thinking. Organizational skills are developed with an opportunity to care for multiple clients. Students may have the opportunity to observe the role of the nurse in specialty areas. Students will demonstrate effective communication with other members of the health care team. Professional nursing behavior will be demonstrated. This course will also cover the characteristics of hazardous wastes and its safe handling, storage, and disposal. (Prerequisites: Successfully complete all Semester 1 Courses in order to advance to Semester 2 Courses) |
| Total Credits | 4 |
| Total Hours | 128 |
| Instruction Type | Credits and Hours |
|---|---|
| Lab | 4 Credits, 128 Hours |
Pre/Corequisites
Prerequisite: Successfully complete all Semester 1 Courses in order to advance to Semester 2 Courses
Institutional Core Competencies
- Cultural Competence - Students will be able to demonstrate an attitude of personal curiosity, a rising knowledge of cultures, and an evolving range of skills for living and working among others with other worldviews and ways of life.
- Communication - Students will be able to demonstrate appropriate and effective interactions with others to achieve their personal, academic, and professional objectives.
- Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility - Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to engage in the social responsibilities expected of a community member.
- Critical and Creative Thinking - Students will be able to demonstrate purposeful thinking with the goal of using a creative process for developing and building upon ideas and/or the goal of using a critical process for the analyzing and evaluating of ideas.
Course Competencies
- Demonstrate use of individualized plans of care for clients across the lifespan.
- Apply the nursing process to contribute to the plan of care for the adult client with common medical/surgical health problems.
- Demonstrate effective communication skills when working with diverse clients across the lifespan.
- Relate the client’s culture, experience, and knowledge for ownhealth into established teaching plans.
- Demonstrate accurate documentation and health record information privacy.
- Choose reliable resources that support evidence based care, decrease the reliance on memory, and enhance competency within the clinical setting.
- Establish priority of care and rationale for nursing judgments across the lifespan.
- Demonstrate critical thinking skills in providing quality client care across the lifespan.
- Determine methods used by interdisciplinary teams to improve client care.
- Choose open, effective communication within the healthcare team.
- Administer all client cares safely in the clinical setting.
- Demonstrate professionalism in assigning and monitoring nursing tasks to nursing assistants.
SCC Accessibility Statement
South Central College strives to make all learning experiences as accessible as possible. If you have a disability and need accommodations for access to this class, contact the Academic Support Center to request and discuss accommodations.
North Mankato: Room B-132, (507) 389-7222; Faribault: Room A-116, (507) 332-7222.
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