NURP 121 Medical Surgical B*
This course is the continuation of NURP 120. Clinical experience emphasizes acute medical-surgical care with exposure to ancillary hospital services, i.e. operating room and various therapies including physical, speech, occupational, and respiratory.
NURP 121Medical Surgical B*
Please note: This is not a course syllabus. A course syllabus is unique to a particular section of a course by instructor. This curriculum guide provides general information about a course.
I. General Information
II. Course Specification
Credit Hours Narrative
5 Credits
Semester Contact Hours Lecture
40
Semester Contact Hours Clinical
108
Prerequisite Narrative
NURP 120
Corequisite Narrative
NURP 111
III. Catalog Course Description
This course is the continuation of NURP 120. Clinical experience emphasizes acute medical-surgical care with exposure to ancillary hospital services, i.e. operating room and various therapies including physical, speech, occupational, and respiratory.
IV. Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, a student will be able to:
- Practice applying acquired nursing knowledge, skills, and ethics safely in real or simulated patient care settings.
- Develop communication skills by collaborating with other healthcare professionals and patients within various healthcare facilities.
- Examine the LPN’s role and responsibilities with respect to the diseases and disorders covered.
- Expand on the benefits and complexities of appropriate patient teaching.
- Demonstrate understanding of perioperative surgical environments, healthcare roles and responsibilities, pain management, and potential patient needs within each perioperative stage.
- Explain the unique needs and values of diverse patient populations
- Explain the etiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, medical management, and prognosis of common respiratory, cardiovascular, blood, diabetic, endocrine, and immune/HIV disorders, as well as associated assessments, diagnostic tests, and nursing interventions.
- Have a working knowledge of the nursing process and how it is used to plan and perform care for patients suffering from common diseases and disorders.
- Understand the physiological differences between normal and pathological body conditions in adults or, in some cases, all age groups.
- Know how to connect drug therapies with corresponding diseases, conditions, and physiological imbalances.
- Demonstrate familiarity with perioperative environments and associated client needs.
- Discover, initiate, and improve positive individual leadership traits and skills as a healthcare team leader in a real or simulated patient care setting.
- Integrate pharmacological knowledge, skills, and ethics obtained from pharmacology courses safely into real or simulated patient care.
V. Topical Outline (Course Content)
VI. Delivery Methodologies