VNSG 2510 - Nursing in Health and Illness III

5 credit hours. 5 lecture hours.

Prerequisites: VNSG 1409
Corequisites: VNSG 2461
Continuation of Nursing in Health and Illness II. Further study of medical-surgical health problems of the patient including concepts such as mental illness. Incorporates knowledge necessary to make the transition from student to graduate vocational nurse.
Additional Fees: $81 HESI Testing Fee
Measurable Learning Outcomes:
Compare and contrast normal physiology of body systems to pathologic variations in the patient with medical-surgical health problems; evaluate and treat patients with medical-surgical health problems using the nursing process including nutrition, pharmacological therapy, and principles of safety; discuss concepts such as mental illness; and utilize learned skills and knowledge for transition from student to graduate vocational nurse.