NU 246 - Health Restoration: Acute/Complex

Credit Hours: 5

A study of clients’ responses to acute/chronic illness involving multiple systems. The focus will be on clients with complex acute/chronic disease states at various stages of maturity. Concepts of management of care/leadership will be synthesized into the professional role of the nurse.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

explain the concept of health restoration, acute/complex;
describe the influence of the stages of maturity on clients requiring health restoration, acute/complex;
evaluate cultural beliefs and lifestyle behaviors that influence the client’s health restoration, acute/complex;
cite examples of caring behaviors;
describe the principles of therapeutic communication;
demonstrate critical thinking in providing care to clients requiring health restoration, acute/complex;
determine infection control measures necessary for clients’ health restoration, acute/complex;
identify the use of the nursing process for clients requiring health restoration, acute/complex;
demonstrate the use of library and multi-media resources in assessing current health-related materials;
identify principles of management/leadership used in nursing practice in a health care setting;
determine health teaching for clients requiring health restoration, acute/complex; and
identify health/community resources available for clients requiring health restoration, acute/complex.

Prerequisites: NU 116, NU 117 or NU 120, NU 128, NU 126, NU 127, NU 236, NU 237
Corequisites: NU 238, NU 247
F/S (C, N)