NURS 126 - Nursing Care of the Adult:Health Alterations

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Johnson County Community College

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Description:

Prerequisites: BIOL 144 and PSYC 130 and NURS 124 and prerequisite or corequisite: PSYC 218 This course is the second in a sequence of five nursing courses. Students will build on fundamental nursing knowledge and skills acquired in the first nursing course to care for adult patients across the health care continuum. The content will emphasize nursing care of older adults experiencing complex multi-system conditions. The content will also include nursing care for young, middle-aged, and older adults experiencing alterations in mental health. The student will use a critical thinking approach to apply concepts of adaptation, nursing process, therapeutic interactions, communication, and teaching/learning in the care of the culturally diverse patient. In the critical component, students will apply theoretical content and therapeutic nursing interventions to patients with acute and chronic health alterations. Course instruction will occur in the classroom, online, in the health resource center and health care agencies. Enrollment in certain courses may require a professional liability fee of $16.00. Students will be notified via their JCCC student e-mail account if the fee is due and instructions on how to pay the fee. 4 hrs. lecture, 1 hr. lab, 15 hr. clinical/wk.

Credits:

9.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.jccc.edu

Phone Number:

(913) 469-8500

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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