NURS 2320 - Clinical Reasoning in Nursing

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Century College - Minnesota

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Description:

This course guides entry-level nursing students in the development of clinical judgement, which is essential to providing safe and appropriate patient care. It also provides students with opportunities to learn and apply the clinical reasoning and critical thinking skills necessary to make appropriate clinical judgments. This course focuses on the development of cognitive skills and test-taking strategies. Course activities will employ a variety of models to explore the competencies of clinical reasoning and Socratic questioning as tools in forming clinical judgement. Information and skills addressed in this course are the foundational thought processes (process of developing clinical judgment) carried through all future nursing courses and are essential skills for all practicing nurses. There will be opportunities to apply course knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to a variety of patient care scenarios. Full acceptance into the Nursing Program is required. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1020 (or higher), CHEM 1020 (or higher), ENGL 1020 or ENGL 1021, and PSYC 1041 with grades of C or higher. Corequisite(s): NURS 2300 and NURS 2310 Recommendation(s): Completion of BIOL 2031 and COMM 1031 or COMM 1041 or COMM 1051 or concurrently enrolled; basic math skills.

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2.00

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Lecture/Lab

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Institution Website:

www.century.edu

Phone Number:

(651) 770-3200

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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