NUR 202 - Nursing V

Institution:

Linn-Benton Community College

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Description:

(17 class hrs/wk, 9 cr) W NUR 202 is the fifth course in the nursing sequence. The focus is on comprehensive nursing interventions to promote positive patient responses to health and illness issues. Critical thinking will be promoted by assisting the student to interrelate pathophysiology, nursing assessment, nursing implications of related diagnostic tests, and pharmacology for patients with renal disorders, hepatic and exocrine disorders, burns, acute complex respiratory disorders, neurological trauma, shock, trauma, and multisystem disorders. Students will utilize the nursing process to promote positive outcomes in patients experiencing complex physiologic and psychosocial alterations in those body systems. Emphasis is on critical thinking and the nursing process as they relate to patient care in the hospital setting. Simulated practice of nursing skills occurs in the multimedia nursing skills lab. Clinical application of both theory and skills occurs in the hospital and community setting. Prerequisites: NUR 101, 102, 103, and 201 Nursing I, II, II and IV; NUR 268A, 268B, 268C Drug Therapy and Nursing Implications A, B, and C; and WR 227 Technical Writing or completion of all advanced placement requirements.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.linnbenton.edu

Phone Number:

(541) 917-4999

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Quarter

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