Development of professional nursing competencies in the care of diverse patients throughout the lifespan. Emphasis will be placed on psychomotor skills and clinical reasoning. Performance of nursing procedures related to: clinical judgment, comfort, elimination, fluid and electrolytes, nutrition, gas exchange, safety, functional ability, immunity, metabolism, mobility, and tissue integrity. This course includes health assessment and medication administration will be evaluated.
This course will focus on an in-depth coverage of health care concepts found within selected health conditions. The student will utilize a systematic process to analyze the patients across the lifespan; prioritize nursing management of care for selected health care concepts. Apply the previously learned material. Examine the interrelatedness among nursing care concepts to make clinical judgments for optimum patient care outcomes.
- Teacher: Liana Calzada
- Teacher: Maria Williams
This course introduces major theories and concepts necessary to provide holistic nursing care over the lifespan from diverse cultures with selected physiological disorders. These theories and concepts are introduced using a wellness-illness continuum and serve as a basis for critical thinking and use of the nursing process in the care of the pregnant patient and their family, care of the newborn, and care of the pediatric patient. Concepts such as health, culture, environment, aging, nutrition, and the professional nursing role in direct patient care and in collaboration with other health care providers are addressed. Students are provided the opportunity to master nursing technologies in a variety of laboratory and clinical situations.
- Teacher: Liana Calzada
- Teacher: Maria Williams
Introduction to the science of Pharmacology with emphasis on actions, interactions, adverse effects, and nursing implications of drug classifications. Nursing roles and responsibilities in the safe administration of medications within the scope of practice will be discussed, correlate medication classifications to various health conditions and diagnoses affecting patients across the lifespan. This course includes dosages and calculations.
- Teacher: Liana Calzada
- Teacher: Ramiro De Los Santos
- Teacher: Maria Williams