NURS 2460 Semester 3 Clinical Practice Specialty
Course Information
| Course Number | NURS 2460 |
|---|---|
| Course Title | Semester 3 Clinical Practice Specialty |
| Description | This course will focus on the client with specialized needs across the lifespan. Students will have the opportunity to explore the wonder of human gestation from conception to post-partum care of the newborn and mother. Pediatric nursing will be experienced in the clinical and simulation setting where theories of growth and development will be foundational in designing patient care. Family-centered care will be examined as the context of client development, response to illness and health promotion. External systems such as culture and religion will be considered as influencing client health and illness. Students will provide care for the client with complex multiple needs in the clinical setting. Concepts of mental health and illness will be explored in the clinical and simulation setting. Students will have the opportunity to observe, experience, and design nursing care for the hospitalized and community client with mental health needs. This course will also cover the characteristics of hazardous wastes and its safe handling, storage, and disposal. (Prerequisites: Successfully complete all Semester 2 Courses in order to advance to Semester 3 Courses) |
| Total Credits | 2 |
| Total Hours | 64 |
| Instruction Type | Credits and Hours |
|---|---|
| Lab | 2 Credits, 64 Hours |
Pre/Corequisites
Prerequisite: Successfully complete all Semester 2 Courses in order to advance to Semester 3 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
- Choose culturally competent care in the clinical setting.
- Apply clinical reasoning based on evidence based practice for specialty populations.
- Demonstrate assessments for specialty populations.
- Determine priority nursing interventions for clients and families with multiple needs.
- Demonstrate effective communication to promote therapeutic nurse-client relationships in different health care settings.
- Distinguish medication safety in different health care settings.
- Determine quality improvement measures to promote and maintain health and safety.
- Distinguish legal and ethical implications and professionalism when caring for clients in specialty populations.
- Use effective communication methods within the multidisciplinary team for shared decision-making.
- Distinguish health record management features unique to specialty populations.
- Demonstrate patient teaching when working with clients and families in specialty populations.
- Differentiate the role and responsibilities of the registered nurse in leadership in specialty populations.
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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