NRSX29 NCLEX Review

Credits 0

Registration Requirement: Successful completion of all prior nursing curriculum courses, each with a grade of "C" or better. Concurrent enrollment in NRS224 is required.

This review course is intended to help prepare the students for the RN-NCLEX exam for licensure. Nursing content is reviewed and emphasis placed on subject areas tested in the national RN-NCLEX exam. Students review test taking strategies, prioritization, application and evaluation components of NCLEX style test questions.

View Course Outcomes:

1. Accurately assess own areas of strength and weaknesses in nursing content and application
2. Establish a plan to increase his/her knowledge of nursing theory and critical thinking on nursing related test items
3. Identify content areas that need to be remediated before taking before taking the NCLEX exam

NRS110A Foundations of Nursing: Health Promotion - A

Credits 5Fall/Winter

Registration Requirement: Acceptance into the Nursing program. Concurrent enrollment in NRS230 and NRS110B is required.

This course introduces the learner to framework of the OCNE curriculum. The emphasis on health promotion across the lifespan includes learning about self-care as well as patient health practices. To support self and patient health practices, students learn to access evidence about healthy lifestyle patterns and risk factors for disease/illness, apply growth and development theory, interview patients in a culturally sensitive manner, identify members of an inter professional team, and use reflective thinking about their practice as nursing students.

Additional Course Fee: $335.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Complete a comprehensive health assessment.
2. Demonstrate clinical judgment by using the nursing process in holistic care planning.
3. Examine health promotion strategies that are person-centered, family-centered, developmentally appropriate, and culturally-aware to support a patient's health behavior change.
4. Identify communication strategies that establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with the patient/family system.
5. Apply selected nursing, ethical, and legal standards of practice to theory and clinical activities.
6. Demonstrate compliance with institutional policies and procedures regarding timely completion of assignments.
7. Demonstrate safe practice of fundamental nursing care skills consistent with nursing standards of practice and professional performance.

NRS110B Foundations of Nursing: Health Promotion - B

Credits 4Fall/Winter

Registration Requirement: Acceptance into the Nursing program. Concurrent requisites: NRS110A and NRA230.

This course introduces the learner to framework of the OCNE curriculum. The emphasis on health promotion across the lifespan includes learning about self-care as well as patient health practices. To support self and patient health practices, students learn to access evidence about healthy lifestyle patterns and risk factors for disease/illness, apply growth and developmental theory, interview patients in a culturally sensitive manner, identify members of an inter professional team, and use reflective thinking about their practice as nursing students. Includes classroom and clinical learning experiences. The clinical portion of the curses includes practice with selected core nursing skills.

Additional Course Fee: $787.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Complete a comprehensive health assessment.
2. Demonstrate clinical judgment by using the nursing process in holistic care planning.
3. Examine health promotion strategies that are person-centered, family-centered, developmentally appropriate, and culturally-aware to support a patient's health behavior change.
4. Identify communication strategies that establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with the patient/family system.
5. Apply selected nursing, ethical, and legal standards of practice to theory and clinical activities.
6. Demonstrate compliance with institutional policies and procedures regarding timely completion of assignments.
7. Demonstrate safe practice of fundamental nursing care skills consistent with nursing standards of practice and professional performance.

NRS111A Foundations of Nursing in Chronic Illness I - A

Credits 3Winter/Spring

Registration Requirement: Completion of NRS110A and BI234, with a grade of "C" or better. Concurrent enrollment in NRS111B, NRS231 and NRS232.

The nurse's role in the care of clients with chronic illness across the life span of multiple ethnic groups is introduced. The client's and family's lived experiences with selected chronic illness are explored. Clinical practice guidelines and research evidence are used to guide clinical judgments in the care of individuals with chronic conditions. Multidisciplinary team roles/responsibilities are explored in the context of delivering safe, high quality healthcare to individuals with chronic conditions (includes practical and legal aspects of delegations). Chronic pain, intervention and treatment, roles and responsibility of the nurse is reviewed. Cultural, ethical, legal and healthcare delivery issues are explored via case scenarios.

Additional Course Fee: $335.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Conduct a health assessment that is patient-centered and both developmentally and culturally sensitive appropriate, interpret, and use the resulting health data, focusing on:\\na. mental and functional status, ADLs and IADLs,\\nb. coping/adaptive strategies used by patient/family,\\nc. lived experience of chronic illness, including recognition of stigma and its impact on vulnerability and maintaining health,\\nd. impact of the condition on family functioning, and\\ne. specific lab value interpretation and medication concerns such as polypharmacy.
2. Identify and use safe, effective, developmental, and patient care preference interventions for patients with chronic illness, including:\\na. safely and effectively assisting patients with ADLs & IADLs,\\nb. identifying and providing for comfort needs (physical and emotional),\\nc. teaching patients/families about interventions for managing symptoms, and \\nd. teaching patients about self-assessment and self-management in highly prevalent chronic conditions.
3. Develop, implement and evaluate a patient-centered plan of care for a patient with a chronic illness that incorporates assessment data, patient care preference, evidence-based intervention strategies, patient developmental/cognitive considerations, and demonstrates a deep understanding of the patient’s perspective and illness experience within the framework of exacerbation, trajectory, and plateau.
4. Identify the ANA Code of Ethics and nursing values in the care of persons with a chronic illness.
5. Identify roles and functions of members of the health care team in order to provide care for the chronically ill.
6. Identify and utilize therapeutic communication skills in the development of therapeutic relationships with patients and their support system.
7. Recognize potential legal and ethical issues related to patient care across the lifespan. \\n

NRS111B Foundations of Nursing in Chronic Illness I - B

Credits 3Winter/Spring

Registration Requirement: NRS110A and BI234, each with a grade of "C" or better. Concurrent enrollment in NRS111A, NRS231 and NRS232.

Nursing assessment and common interventions (including technical procedures) for clients with chronic health conditions are introduced. Students practice technical nursing skills and physical assessment in the nursing lab and in simulation activities. Case studies are designed illustrate student learning. The clinical portion of the course includes practice with therapeutic communication skills, physical assessment, selected core nursing skills identified in the OCNE Core Nursing Skills document, and documentation using electronic medical records. Populations studied in the course include children, adults and older adults.

Additional Course Fee: $864.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Conduct a health assessment that is patient-centered and both developmentally and culturally sensitive appropriate, interpret, and use the resulting health data, focusing on:\\na. mental and functional status, ADLs and IADLs,\\nb. coping/adaptive strategies used by patient/family,\\nc. lived experience of chronic illness, including recognition of stigma and its impact on vulnerability and maintaining health,\\nd. impact of the condition on family functioning, and\\ne. specific lab value interpretation and medication concerns such as polypharmacy.
2. Identify and use safe, effective, developmental, and patient care preference interventions for patients with chronic illness, including:\\na. safely and effectively assisting patients with ADLs & IADLs,\\nb. identifying and providing for comfort needs (physical and emotional),\\nc. teaching patients/families about interventions for managing symptoms, and \\nd. teaching patients about self-assessment and self-management in highly prevalent chronic conditions.
3. Develop, implement and evaluate a patient-centered plan of care for a patient with a chronic illness that incorporates assessment data, patient care preference, evidence-based intervention strategies, patient developmental/cognitive considerations, and demonstrates a deep understanding of the patient’s perspective and illness experience within the framework of exacerbation, trajectory, and plateau.
4. Identify the ANA Code of Ethics and nursing values in the care of persons with a chronic illness.
5. Identify roles and functions of members of the health care team in order to provide care for the chronically ill.
6. Identify and utilize therapeutic communication skills in the development of therapeutic relationships with patients and their support system.
7. Recognize potential legal and ethical issues related to patient care across the lifespan.

NRS112A Foundations of Nursing in Acute Care I - A

Credits 3Fall/Spring

Registration Requirement: Concurrent enrollment in NRS112B.

This course introduces the learner to application of clinical judgment for care of culturally diverse patients across the lifespan who are experiencing prevalent acute conditions or acute exacerbations of chronic conditions. Legal and ethical aspects of care are incorporated to guide evidence-based, patient-centered nursing care.

Additional Course Fee: $335.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Use developmentally and culturally appropriate knowledge and skills to conduct assessments of patients across the lifespan in acute care settings.
2. Interpret data, including assessments, patient goals, and knowledge of illness trajectory to plan culturally sensitive, patient-centered care.
3. Demonstrate safe, evidence-based nursing interventions to manage acute conditions or problems.
4. Assess patient response to acute interventions.
5. Identify relevant clinical practice guidelines and evidence-based literature to guide decision-making in the acute care environment.
6. Demonstrate professional and effective communication with patients and members of the health care team.

NRS112B Foundations of Nursing in Acute Care I - B

Credits 3Fall/Spring

Registration Requirement: Concurrent enrollment in NRS112A.

This course introduces the learner to application of clinical judgment for care of culturally diverse patients across the lifespan who are experiencing prevalent acute conditions or acute exacerbations of chronic conditions. Legal and ethical aspects of care are incorporated to guide evidence-based, patient-centered nursing care. Includes classroom and clinical learning experiences.

Additional Course Fee: $710.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Use developmentally and culturally appropriate knowledge and skills to conduct assessments of patients across the lifespan in acute care settings.
2. Interpret data, including assessments, patient goals, and knowledge of illness trajectory to plan culturally sensitive, patient-centered care.
3. Demonstrate safe, evidence-based nursing interventions to manage acute conditions or problems.
4. Assess patient response to acute interventions
5. Identify relevant clinical practice guidelines and evidence-based literature to guide decision-making in the acute care environment.
6. Demonstrate professional and effective communication with patients and members of the health care team.

NRS221A Foundations of Nursing in Chronic Illness II and End of Life - A

Credits 4Summer/Winter

Registration Requirement: Concurrent enrollment in NRS221B.

This course builds on Foundations of Nursing in Chronic Illness I. Chronic Illness II expands the student's knowledge related to family care giving, symptom management and end-of-life concepts. These concepts are a major focus and basis for nursing interventions with patients and families. Ethical issues related to advocacy, self-determination and autonomy are explored. Skills related to enhancing communication and collaboration as a member of an interdisciplinary team are further explored. Exemplars include patients with chronic mental illness and addictions as well as other chronic conditions and disabilities affecting functional status and family relationships. Palliative care and end-of-life issues are also addressed.

Additional Course Fee: $335.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Conduct a health assessment that is in-depth, evidence-based, family-centered, and both developmentally and culturally appropriate. Interpret health data, focusing on:\\n• functional issues associated with complexities of co-morbid conditions in relation to ADLs and IADLs;\\n• manifestations of psychiatric diagnoses and their impact on patient self-care;\\n• psychosocial issues and the impact of the illness on individual development and family function;\\n• the patient’s personal, social and cultural interpretation of the meaning of the illness and the impact on the patient’s family;\\n• capacity for and engagement in self-care; and\\n• opportunities for health behavior change.
2. Applies evidence-based nursing practices in support of patient and family in self health care management across the lifespan to: \\n• establish meaningful relationships with patients/families;\\n• support patient and family in development of self-health care management;\\n• address caregiver needs for preparedness and predictability with regards to the management of symptoms/manifestations for specific disorders; and\\n• assess family strengths and resources, caregiver role strain, and capacity to provide care.
3. Incorporate measures to enhance quality of life in the plan of care by:\\n• facilitating patient in developing their personal definition of quality of life; and\\n• addressing patient needs for preparedness and predictability.
4. Identify and use community resources to provide support for the patient and family caregiving by:\\n• supporting the patient in negotiating the health care settings; \\n• assessing appropriateness of resources in meeting the patient/family needs (e.g. accessibility, financial feasibility, acceptability); and\\n• developing interprofessional collaboration for the provision of care.
5. Communicate with agencies involved in patient care to assure continuity of care across settings (e.g. schools, day care, adult foster care, etc.) by:\\n• negotiating with others to modify care; and\\n• advocating for patients.
6. Utilize nursing- and interprofessional based-knowledge of death and dying trajectories to support patients/families across the lifespan who are experiencing transitions at the end of life\\n• describing the epidemiology of dying: where, when, how people die; dying trajectories across the lifespan;\\n• using developmentally and culturally appropriate communication with patients and families at EOL; and\\n• using appropriate assessment techniques for individuals and families experiencing life threatening illness.
7. Analyze the impact of health care delivery system issues, policy and financing on individual and family health care needs for chronic illness and end of life care by:\\n• comparing basic funding mechanisms;\\n• identifying decision-making issues for chronic care based on funding resources; and\\n• assessing appropriateness of resources in meeting the patient/family needs (e.g. accessibility, financial feasibility, acceptability).

NRS221B Foundations of Nursing in Chronic Illness II and End-of-Life - B

Credits 5Summer/Winter

Registration Requirement: Concurrent enrollment in 221A.

Chronic Illness II expands the student's knowledge related to family care giving, symptom management and end of life concepts. These concepts are a major focus and basis for nursing interventions with patients and families. Ethical issues related to advocacy, self-determination, and autonomy are explored. Complex skills associated with the assessment and management of concurrent illnesses and conditions are developed within the context of patient and family preferences and needs. Skills related to enhancing communication and collaboration as a member of an interprofessional team and across health care settings are further explored. Exemplars include patients with chronic mental illness and addictions as well as other chronic conditions.

Additional Course Fee: $710.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Conduct a health assessment that is in-depth, evidence-based, family-centered, and both developmentally and culturally appropriate. Interpret health data, focusing on:\\n• functional issues associated with complexities of co-morbid conditions in relation to ADLs and IADLs;\\n• manifestations of psychiatric diagnoses and their impact on patient self-care;\\n• psychosocial issues and the impact of the illness on individual development and family function;\\n• the patient’s personal, social and cultural interpretation of the meaning of the illness and the impact on the patient’s family;\\n• capacity for and engagement in self-care; and\\n• opportunities for health behavior change.
2. Applies evidence-based nursing practices in support of patient and family in self health care management across the lifespan to: \\n• establish meaningful relationships with patients/families;\\n• support patient and family in development of self-health care management;\\n• address caregiver needs for preparedness and predictability with regards to the management of symptoms/manifestations for specific disorders; and\\n• assess family strengths and resources, caregiver role strain, and capacity to provide care.
3. Incorporate measures to enhance quality of life in the plan of care by:\\n• facilitating patient in developing their personal definition of quality of life; and\\n• addressing patient needs for preparedness and predictability.
4. Identify and use community resources to provide support for the patient and family caregiving by:\\n• supporting the patient in negotiating the health care settings; \\n• assessing appropriateness of resources in meeting the patient/family needs (e.g. accessibility, financial feasibility, acceptability); and\\n• developing interprofessional collaboration for the provision of care.
5. Communicate with agencies involved in patient care to assure continuity of care across settings (e.g. schools, day care, adult foster care, etc.) by:\\n• negotiating with others to modify care; and\\n• advocating for patients.
6. Utilize nursing- and interprofessional based-knowledge of death and dying trajectories to support patients/families across the lifespan who are experiencing transitions at the end of life\\n• describing the epidemiology of dying: where, when, how people die; dying trajectories across the lifespan;\\n• using developmentally and culturally appropriate communication with patients and families at EOL; and\\n• using appropriate assessment techniques for individuals and families experiencing life threatening illness.
7. Analyze the impact of health care delivery system issues, policy and financing on individual and family health care needs for chronic illness and end of life care by:\\n• comparing basic funding mechanisms;\\n• identifying decision-making issues for chronic care based on funding resources; and\\n• assessing appropriateness of resources in meeting the patient/family needs (e.g. accessibility, financial feasibility, acceptability).

NRS222A Foundations of Nursing in Acute Care II and End of Life - A

Credits 4Fall/Spring

Registration Requirement: Concurrent enrollment in NRS222B.

This course builds upon Nursing in Acute 1, with a focus on more complex conditions in patients across the lifespan. Learners will continue to apply clinical judgment, with a focus on culturally diverse patients who are experiencing acute, complex, rapidly changing, multisystem conditions and situations. Legal and ethical aspects of care are incorporated to guide evidence-based, patient-centered nursing care. Includes classroom learning experiences.

Additional Course Fee: $335.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Use developmentally and culturally appropriate knowledge and skills to discern assessment data in patients across the lifespan with complex, rapidly changing, or multisystem conditions.
2. Synthesize data, including assessments, patient goals, changing clinical status, and knowledge of illness trajectory to plan and prioritize culturally sensitive, patient-centered care.
3. Demonstrate safe, evidence-based nursing interventions in dynamic situations.
4. Revise plan of care based on patient response to acute interventions.
5. Integrate clinical practice guidelines and evidence-based literature in decision-making in the acute care environment.
6. Distinguish the professional role of the nurse within the healthcare team.

NRS222B Foundations of Nursing in Acute Care II and End-of-Life-B

Credits 5Fall/Spring

Registration Requirement: Concurrent enrollment in NRS222A.

This course builds upon Nursing in Acute 1, with a focus on more complex conditions in patients across the lifespan. Learners will continue to apply clinical judgment, with a focus on culturally diverse patients who are experiencing acute, complex, rapidly changing, multisystem conditions and situations. Legal and ethical aspects of care are incorporated to guide evidence-based, patient-centered nursing care. Includes clinical and lab experiences.

Additional Course Fee: $710.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Use developmentally and culturally appropriate knowledge and skills to discern assessment data in patients across the lifespan with complex, rapidly changing, or multisystem conditions.
2. Synthesize data, including assessments, patient goals, changing clinical status, and knowledge of illness trajectory to plan and prioritize culturally sensitive, patient-centered care.
3. Demonstrate safe, evidence-based nursing interventions in dynamic situations.
4. Revise plan of care based on patient response to acute interventions.
5. Integrate clinical practice guidelines and evidence-based literature in decision-making in the acute care environment.
6. Distinguish the professional role of the nurse within the healthcare team.

NRS224A Integrative Practicum I - A

Credits 2Summer/Winter

Registration Requirement: Concurrent enrollment in NRS224B.

This course formalizes the clinical judgments, knowledge and skills necessary in safe, registered nurse practice. Faculty/Clinical Teaching Associate/Student Triad Model provides a context that allows the student to experience the nursing role in a selected setting, balancing demands of professional nursing and lifelong learner. Analysis and reflection throughout the clinical experience provide the student with evaluative criteria against which they can judge their own performance and develop a practice framework. Includes seminar, self-directed study and clinical experience.

Additional Course Fee: $160.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Make sound clinical judgments based on an increasingly complex knowledge base, best practice evidence and experience in care of selected populations.
2. Set priorities in the provision of care with attention to patient needs and preferences, available resources and ethical aspects of patient care.
3. Practice self-reflection and self-analysis to identify areas for improvement.
4. Advocates for and provides individualized care for patients and families.
5. Evaluate and improve own leadership skills through collaboration with the health care team.
6. Delegate or assign responsibilities appropriately taking into consideration the other’s scope of practice or training.
7. Integrates concepts of resource utilization, quality improvement and systems to enhance care delivery across the continuum of care.
8. Articulate a personal view of nursing practice that exemplifies quality and safety in care.
9. Demonstrate competent performance when evaluated against national standards and criteria.

NRS224B Integrative Practicum I - B

Credits 7Summer/Winter

Registration Requirement: Concurrent enrollment in NRS224B.

This course is designed to formalize the clinical judgments, knowledge and skills necessary in a safe registered nurse practice. Faculty/Clinical Teaching Associates/Student Triad Model provide a context that allows the student to experience the nursing role in selected setting, balancing demands of professional nursing and lifelong learner. Analysis and reflection throughout the clinical experience provide the student with evaluative criteria against which they can judge their own performance and develop a practice framework. Includes class activities/seminars, simulated case activities, self-directed learning and clinical experience and national standardized testing.

Additional Course Fee: $810.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Make sound clinical judgments based on an increasingly complex knowledge base, best practice evidence and experience in care of selected populations.
2. Set priorities in the provision of care with attention to patient needs and preferences, available resources and ethical aspects of patient care.
3. Practice self-reflection and self-analysis to identify areas for improvement.
4. Advocates for and provides individualized care for patients and families.
5. Evaluate and improve own leadership skills through collaboration with the health care team.
6. Delegate or assign responsibilities appropriately taking into consideration the other’s scope of practice or training.
7. Integrates concepts of resource utilization, quality improvement and systems to enhance care delivery across the continuum of care.
8. Articulate a personal view of nursing practice that exemplifies quality and safety in care.
9. Demonstrate competent performance when evaluated against national standards and criteria.

NRS230 Clinical Pharmacology I

Credits 3Fall/Winter

Registration Requirement: Acceptance into the Nursing program. Concurrent requisites: NRS110A and NRS110B.

This course introduces the theoretical background that enables students to provide safe and effective care related to drugs and natural products to persons throughout the lifespan. It includes the foundational concepts of principles of pharmacology, as well as numerous classes of drugs. Students will learn to make selected clinical decisions in the context of nursing regarding using current, reliable sources of information, understanding of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, developmental physiologic considerations, monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of drug therapy, teaching persons from diverse populations regarding safe and effective use of drugs and natural products. Drugs are studied by therapeutic class.

Additional Course Fee: $220.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Select pertinent information about drugs and natural products from current, reliable sources of information, focusing on\\n• identification of appropriate reliable sources of information in specific nursing situations,\\n• rapid and accurate retrieval of pertinent information from a current drug guide, and\\n• accurate retrieval of information from a comprehensive drug information source.
2. Evaluate the effectiveness of drug therapy, focusing on\\n• selection and interpretation of basic focused nursing assessments to detect therapeutic effects, adverse effects, and drug-drug, drug-food, and drug-natural product interactions for specific classes of drugs, and\\n• surveillance for vulnerability to negative effects of specific classes of drugs based on age, developmental physiology, genetic polymorphisms, and concurrent pathophysiology, psychopathology, or other factors
3. Teach patients, family members, and others from diverse populations across the lifespan regarding safe and effective use of drugs and natural products, focusing on\\n• self-management of specific classes of over-the-counter and prescription drugs that are used episodically,\\n• self-management of specific classes of drugs that are taken for chronic conditions,\\n• how the action of specific classes of drugs relates to developmental, maturational, aging, neurochemical, and pathophysiological processes, or normal physiology,\\n• which adverse effects of specific classes of drugs and natural products to self-manage and which ones to report to health professionals, and\\n• how to avoid or recognize drug-drug, drug-food, and drug-natural product interactions with specific classes of drugs.
4. Identify appropriate nursing interventions to increase therapeutic benefits and reduce potential negative effects of drug therapy, focusing on\\n• identification of basic nonpharmacological nursing interventions that potentially enhance the effectiveness of specific classes of drugs and\\n• assessment of barriers to adherence to drug therapy, including social determinants of health, with specific classes of drugs.
5. Communicate appropriately with other health professionals regarding drug therapy, focusing on\\n• using appropriate technical language related to pharmacology,\\n• explaining drug mechanisms of action and their relationship to normal physiology, and \\n• reporting pertinent information about an individual's response to specific classes of drugs or natural products.

NRS231 Clinical Pharmacology II

Credits 3Winter/Spring

Registration Requirement: NRS230, with a grade of "C" or better. Concurrent requisites: NRS111A, NRS111B, and NRS232.

This sequel to Clinical Pharmacology I continues to provide the theoretical background that enables students to provide safe and effective nursing care related to drugs and natural products to persons throughout the life span. Students will learn to make selected clinical decisions in the context of nursing regarding using current, reliable sources of information, monitoring & evaluating the effectiveness of drug therapy, teaching persons from diverse populations regarding safe & effective use of drugs and natural products, intervening to increase therapeutic benefits and reduce potential negative effects, & communicating appropriately with other health professionals regarding drug therapy. Contains drugs & products not in NRS 230.

Additional Course Fee: $220.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Select pertinent information about drugs and natural products from current, reliable sources of information, focusing on 1) finding and interpreting current information from a drug guide, comprehensive drug information sources, and electronic data bases, and 2) accessing and interpreting pharmacology-focused articles in current professional journals.
2. Evaluate the effectiveness of drug therapy, focusing on 1) selection, interpretation, and prioritization of focused nursing assessments to detect therapeutic effects, adverse effects, and drug-drug, drug-food, and drug-natural product interactions, and 2) surveillance for vulnerability to negative effects of specific classes of drugs based on age, developmental physiology, genetic polymorphisms, concurrent pathophysiology, psychopathology, or other factors.
3. Teach patients, family members, and others from diverse populations across the lifespan regarding safe and effective use of drugs and natural products, focusing on 1) self-management of specific classes of over-the-counter and prescription drugs that are used episodically, 2) self-management of multiple drugs that are taken concurrently for chronic conditions, 3)how the action of specific classes of drugs relates to the pathophysiological processes, neurochemical processes, or normal physiology, 4) which adverse effects of specific classes of drugs and natural products to self-manage and which ones to report to health professionals, and 5) how to avoid or recognize drug-drug, drug-food, drug-natural product interactions with specific classes of drugs.
4. Identify appropriate nursing interventions to increase therapeutic benefits and reduce potential negative effects of drug therapy, focusing on 1) identification of basic non-pharmacological nursing interventions that potentially enhance the effectiveness of specific classes of drugs, 2) assessment of barriers to adherence to drug therapy, including social determinants of health, with specific classes of drugs, and 3) recognition and basic strategies for reduction of poly pharmacy in older adults.
5. Communicate appropriately with other health professionals regarding drug therapy, focusing on 1) using appropriate technical language related to pharmacology, 2) explaining drug mechanisms of action and their relationship to normal physiology, and 3) prioritizing and reporting pertinent information about an individual's response to specific classes of drugs or natural products

NRS232 Pathophysiological Processes I

Credits 3Winter/Spring

Registration Requirement: Concurrent enrollment in NRS111A, NRS111B, and NRS231.

This course introduces pathophysiological processes that contribute to many different disease states across the life span and human responses to those processes. It includes foundational concepts of cellular adaptation, injury and death; inflammation and tissue healing; fluid and electrolyte imbalances; and physiologic response to stressors and pain, and pathophysiological processes. Students learn to make clinical decisions using current, reliable sources of pathophysiological information, selecting and interpreting nursing assessments based on a knowledge of pathophysiological processes, teaching persons from diverse populations about pathophysiological changes, and communicating with other health professionals.

Additional Course Fee: $220.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Access current, reliable information about selected pathophysiological processes, including cellular adaptation, injury, and death; inflammation and tissue healing; fluid and electrolyte imbalances; and physiologic response to stressors.
2. Select and interpret basic focused nursing assessments based on knowledge of clinical manifestations of and developmental considerations in selected pathophysiological processes in patients across the life span.
3. Teach persons from diverse populations across the lifespan regarding selected pathophysiological processes, focusing on\\n• explaining how the risk factors relate to specific pathophysiological processes,\\n• describing selected pathophysiological processes in appropriate terms, \\n• explaining how the signs and symptoms relate to specific pathophysiological processes,\\n• explaining which signs and symptoms to report to a health professional,\\n• explaining how developmental factors relate to pathophysiology.
4. Communicate effectively with other health professionals regarding selected pathophysiological processes, focusing on\\n• using appropriate technical language,\\n• clarifying technical details of pathophysiological processes,\\n• reporting pertinent information about a patient’s status.

NRS233 Pathophysiological Processes II

Credits 3Fall/Spring

Registration Requirement: Concurrent enrollment in NRS112A and NRS112B.

This sequel to Pathophysiological Processes I continues to explore pathophysiological processes that contribute to disease states across the life span and human responses to those processes. Students learn to make selected clinical decisions in the context of nursing using current, reliable sources of pathophysiology information, selecting and interpreting focused nursing assessments based on knowledge of pathophysiological processes, teaching persons from diverse populations regarding pathophysiological processes, and communicating with other health professionals regarding pathophysiological processes. The course addresses additional pathophysiological processes not contained in Pathophysiological Processes I.

Additional Course Fee: $220.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Access and interpret current, reliable information about selected pathophysiological processes.
2. Select and interpret focused nursing assessments based on knowledge of clinical manifestations, developmental considerations, and potential complications of selected pathophysiological processes in patients across the lifespan.
3. Teach persons from diverse populations across the lifespan regarding selected pathophysiological processes, focusing on\\n• explaining how the risk factors relate to specific pathophysiological processes,\\n• describing selected pathophysiological processes in appropriate terms,\\n• explaining how the signs and symptoms relate to specific pathophysiological processes,\\n• explaining which signs and symptoms to report to a health professional, and\\n• explaining how developmental factors relate to pathophysiology, symptom experience, symptom reporting, and symptom management.
4. Communicate effectively with other health professionals regarding selected pathophysiological processes, focusing on\\n• using appropriate technical language,\\n• clarifying technical details of pathophysiological processes, and\\n• prioritizing and reporting pertinent information regarding a patient’s status.