RNSG 1443 - Complex Concepts of Adult Health

4 credit hours. 3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.

Prerequisites: Each of the following courses: RNSG 1441 or RNSG 1517
Corequisites: RNSG 2460
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Integration of previous knowledge and skills related to common adult health needs into the continued development of the professional nurse as a provider of patient-centered care, patient safety advocate, member of the health care team, and member of the profession in caring for adult patients and families with complex medical-surgical health care needs associated with body systems. Emphasis on complex knowledge, judgment, skills, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework.

Emphasis is on nursing clinical judgment and concepts of pharmacology with emphasis on the actions, interactions, adverse effects, and nursing implications of drug classifications for clients in medical-surgical settings experiencing health problems involving gastrointestinal, endocrine and metabolic, reproductive and sexual, musculoskeletal, eye-ear-nose-throat, and integumentary disorders.
Additional Fees: $64 Simulation Lab Fee; $75 ExamSoft Testing Fee, HESI custom $97
Measurable Learning Outcomes:

Integrate the roles of the professional nurse in the provision of care of adult patients and families with complex health care needs.
Utilize critical thinking skills, clinical judgment, and a systematic problem solving process in providing care for adult patients and families with complex health needs.
Implement pharmacotherapy concepts with emphasis on the actions, interactions, adverse effects, and nursing implications of drug classifications to the care of clients experiencing complex health care needs involving gastrointestinal, endocrine and metabolic, reproductive and sexual, musculoskeletal, eye-ear-nose-throat, and integumentary disorders.