NUR 1215-1225 - Medical-Surgical Nursing I

Institution:

Southwest Mississippi Community College

Subject:

Description:

Prerequisite: NUR 1119. This course focuses on basic human need and need interferences throughout the adult life cycle of clients with varied sociocultural backgrounds. Emphasis is on the manifestations that occur when there is a threat to the satisfaction of basic human needs and related care implications to promote, maintain and restore optimum health within the framework of the nursing process. Principles of therapeutic communication are expanded in the development of the nurse-client relationship. It explains the role of the associate degree nurse in relationship to members of the health care team in providing various levels of prevention in acute care, extended care and rehabilitative settings. The students work with the chronically ill elderly population as well as medical surgical clients. Six hours of lecture, twelve hours of lab. Credit, ten semester hours

Credits:

10.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.smcc.edu

Phone Number:

(601) 276-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

The Course Profile information is provided and updated by third parties including the respective institutions. While the institutions are able to update their information at any time, the information is not independently validated, and no party associated with this website can accept responsibility for its accuracy.