Health Care Concepts I - NSG 210
https://courses.vccs.edu/courses/NSG210-HealthCareConceptsI
Effective: 2016-08-01
Course Description
Focuses on care of clients across the lifespan in multiple settings including concepts related to physiological health alterations and reproduction. Emphasizes the nursing process in the development of clinical judgment for clients with multiple needs. Provides supervised learning experiences in college nursing laboratories, clinical/community settings, and/or simulated environments. Part I of II.
Lecture 3 hours, Laboratory 6 hours. Total 9 hours per week.
5 credits
The course outline below was developed as part of a statewide standardization process.
General Course Purpose
The purpose of this course is to introduce competent learner to concepts of nursing practice across the lifespan.
Course Prerequisites/Corequisites
Prerequisites: BIO 150 (or BIO 205), NSG 152 and NSG 170
Course Objectives
- Apply principles of patient-centered care across the lifespan.
- Incorporate factors for improvement of client safety for clients across the lifespan.
- Apply the nursing process, evidence--based care and clinical reasoning in making clinical judgments related to reproduction, addiction, clotting, metabolism, gas exchange, perfusion and mobility.
- Incorporate legal/ethical principles and professional nursing standards in the care of patients across the lifespan.
- Examine the impact of quality improvement processes, information technology and fiscal resources in the provision of nursing care.
- Participate as a member of the health care team in the delivery of nursing care across the lifespan.
Major Topics to be Included
- Reproduction Concept:
- Reproduction principles
- Risk factors related to reproductive complications
- Prevention of reproductive complications
- Reproductive diagnostic testing
- Nursing process related to reproductive complications
- Pharmacological interventions: uterine stimulants, tocolytics
- Exemplars: intrapartum, postpartum, newborn assessment
- Addiction Concept:
- Addiction principles
- Risk factors related to addiction
- Prevention of addiction
- Addiction diagnostic testing
- Nursing Process related to addiction
- Use of interdisciplinary team in delivery of health care
- Pharmacological interventions: medications for addiction
- Exemplars: alcoholism, substance abuse, prenatal substance abuse
- Clotting Concept:
- Clotting principles
- Risk factors related to altered clotting
- Prevention of altered clotting
- Clotting diagnostic testing
- Nursing process related to altered clotting
- Pharmacological interventions: anti-coagulants, anti-platelets
- Exemplars: Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), disseminated intravascular coagulation, HELLP Syndrome, Postpartum hemorrhage/ placenta previa/ placental abruption
- Metabolism Concept:
- Metabolism principles
- Risk factors related to altered metabolism
- Prevention of altered metabolism
- Metabolism diagnostic testing
- Nursing process related to altered metabolism
- Pharmacological interventions: thyroid and anti-thyroid drugs, adrenal drugs, pituitary drugs
- Exemplars: thyroid dysfunction, adrenocortical dysfunction, pituitary dysfunction
- Gas Exchange Concept:
- Gas exchange principles
- Nursing Process related to altered gas exchange
- Pharmacological interventions: anti-tubercular drugs
- Exemplars: tuberculosis, cystic fibrosis (pediatric)
- Perfusion Concept:
- Perfusion principles
- Risk factors related to perfusion alterations
- Prevention of perfusion alterations
- Perfusion diagnostic testing
- Nursing process related to perfusion alterations
- Pharmacological interventions: anti-anginal, anti-lipemic, cardiac glycosides
- Exemplars: coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure
- Mobility Concept:
- Mobility principles
- Risk factors related to mobility alterations
- Prevention of mobility alterations
- Mobility diagnostic testing
- Nursing process related to mobility alterations
- Pharmacological interventions: biphosphonates, selective estrogen receptor modulators, muscle relaxants
- Exemplars: fractures, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, hip and knee replacement, hip dysplasia (infant), multiple sclerosis, unintentional injury across the lifespan