NURS 3020 - Wellness & Illness I

(7) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the nursing program; consent of Director of Nursing
This clinical course complements the co-requisite courses, giving students the opportunity to examine commonly occurring alterations in wellness in individuals across the lifespan with primary focus on adult and geriatric populations with integration of pediatrics and mental health. This course will introduce students to the nursing process with an emphasis on assessment, diagnosis, and planning, with beginning application of interventions and evaluation. Integration of patient populations will teach students principles of holistic nursing. The clinical laboratory, clinical simulation lab, and off-site clinical experiences will engage students to begin to develop and explore the needs of vulnerable population. The clinical focus for this course will be in two distinct areas of vulnerable populations: geriatrics and incarcerated adults. This course will enable students to use the nursing process for promotion and restoration of health in individuals. Exemplars will be used with unfolding case studies to engage students in learning the concepts of: caring, clotting, mechanisms, diversity among individuals, elimination, fluid & electrolytes, glucose regulation, intracranial regulation, mobility, nutrition, oxygenation, pain, perfusion, professional behaviors, sensory perception, therapeutic communication, thermoregulation, and tissue integrity. This course will expose students to the introduction of concepts taught throughout the four Wellness and Illness courses. Student provided off campus travel is required.