NURS 4020 - Wellness and Illness III

(7) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Successful completion of NURS 3010, NURS 3021, NURS 3031, NURS 3050 with a “C” of higher
Co-requisite: NURS 4000, NURS 4010, NURS 4050
This clinical course builds upon NURS 3021 and complements the co and pre-requisite courses giving students the opportunity to examine acute and chronic alterations in wellness in individuals, families, and groups across the lifespan. The primary focus is on providing evidence-based care to the child bearing family and to clients with mental health disease. The spectrum of coping and stress will be discussed using examples from each vulnerable population. In this course adult and gerontological topics are also discussed as related to the child bearing female and mental illness. Students will apply new concepts from previous courses and critically explore interrelationships between physical and psychosocial co-morbidities. Students will intentionally apply the nursing process as appropriate in the care of clients to include family dynamics and therapeutic communication with a focus on evaluation. The clinical laboratory, clinical simulation lab, and off-site clinical experiences will engage students in nursing care. Exemplars will be expanded upon from previous courses with unfolding case studies to engage students in learning the concepts of: abuse, addiction, adherence, caring, cognition, coping, clotting mechanism, culture and diversity, elimination, fluid & electrolytes, glucose and hormonal regulation, growth and development, intracranial regulation., mobility, nutrition, oxygenation, pain, perfusion, professional behaviors, reproduction and sexuality, sensory perception, stress, therapeutic communication, thermoregulation, and tissue integrity.