Nursing III (SRV) (P)

NURS215C - Nursing III (SRV) Nursing III incorporates principles and concepts from nursing knowledge and liberal arts education. The emphasis of the course is on the patient with commonly occurring illnesses. The student focuses on the wholly compensatory nursing system and evaluates effective therapeutic and collegial communication to enhance health outcomes. Planned learning experiences provide the student with the opportunity to utilize microsystem resources, evidence-based practice, quality improvement processes and safety standards in the delivery of patient care. The student demonstrates accountability for the professional, ethical and legal standards of nursing practice to provide holistic and culturally-sensitive nursing care throughout the life cycle. Opportunities to utilize critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and humanistic values are provided through Clinical Resource Center experiences and patient care assignments in various settings. To facilitate the teaching/learning process, ongoing evaluations occur through interactions between student and faculty. (Prerequisites: NURS 116C, NURS 117C, & a grade of "C" or higher in MATH 124C or higher level math (excluding MATH 129C) or MATH 251C; Co-requisites: ENGL xxx, IST 102C, and PHIL 242C) Clinical sites are in medical/surgical settings.