At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify professional behaviors of the Registered Nurse.
- Describe effective verbal, nonverbal, and written communication with clients, health care team members and instructors.
- Demonstrate effective assessment of clients using the nursing process for the promotion of health and safety of the client.
- Recognize the value of the nursing process, clinical decision making, and evidence-based practice.
- Identify caring person-centered interventions through the utilization of the nursing process.
- Recognize the role of the nurse in the teaching/learning needs of the client.
- Identify the role of the nurse in working cooperatively with clients and health care team members to provide quality care.
- Identify potential resources to meet client needs.
1. Communication
2. Oxygenation
3. Perioperative Nursing Care
4. Immobility
5. Activity and Exercise
6. Skin Integrity & Wound Care
7. Nutrition
8. Critical Thinking in Nursing Practice
9. Evidence-Based Practice
10. Nursing Process (Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementing & Evaluation
11. Managing Patient Care
12. Patient Education
13.Growth & Development (Developmental Theories, Conception through Adulthood)
14. Sleep
15. Pain Management
16. Complimentary Therapies & Integrative Health
17. Loss & Grief
18. Older Adults
19. Caring for Patients with Chronic Illness
20. Fluid & Electrolytes
21. Sensory Alterations
22. Self-Concept
23. Sexuality
24. Family Dynamics
25. Stress & Coping
26. Vital Signs
27. Common Lab Values
28. Medical Terminology
29. Health Assessment & Physical Examination
30. Patient Safety & Quality: Patient Safety Goals
31. Infection Prevention & Control
32. Urinary Elimination
33. Bowel Elimination
34. Radiology & Imaging
35. Informatics & Documentation
36. Theoretical Foundations of Nursing
37. Ethics & Values
38. Legal Implications in Nursing Practice
39. Care of the Client with Hypertension, Diabetes, CHF and COPD