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6.00 Credits
This course focuses on nursing care of the adult client experiencing acute and chronic health alterations in acute care settings. Utilizing the nursing process as a unifying framework, students establish relationships with clients purposefully focused to making health care choices. In collaboration with other health care disciplines, the student shares accountability for activities directed at attainment of negotiated goals. This course emphasizes on nursing care of clients experiencing health alterations of: cardiovascular, respiratory, reticuloendothelial, hepatic, and immune disorders. (3.5 credits theory/ 3 credits clinical)
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6.00 Credits
This course focuses on nursing care of the adult client experiencing acute and chronic health alterations in acute care settings. Utilizing the nursing process as a unifying framework, students establish relationships with clients purposefully focused to making health care choices. In collaboration with other health care disciplines, the student shares accountability for activities directed at attainment of negotiated goals. This course emphasizes on nursing care of clients experiencing health alterations of: nervous/sensory, musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, endocrine/metabolic, and reproductive systems. (3.5 credits theory/3 credits clinical)
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6.00 Credits
This course focuses on the nursing care of the older adult with an emphasis on a holistic approach to promoting wellness. Utilization of the nursing process is directed toward maximizing the quality of life of the older adult in a variety of settings. Students are guided to greater levels of understanding of their attitudes and perceptions of the dimensions of aging. (3.5 credits theory/ 3 credits clinical)
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4.00 Credits
The focus of this course is health promotion, disease prevention and healthy lifestyles. Students will begin to recognize how the environment influences health and to discriminate between healthy and unhealthy lifestyle choices. The interaction of the individual and the environment inclusive of cultural and spiritual variations as they affect health and wellness will be explored. The attributes and roles of the professional nurse are expanded and applied to diverse experiences. Concepts of health promotion, nutrition, glucose regulation and stress-coping will be emphasized. The clinical experience will focus on the role of the nurse in primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. Course taught through UPMC: Shadyside School of Nursing.
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4.00 Credits
The focus of this course are the development tasks and adaptation as they relate to lifespan and health with the incorporation of selected health issues, physical and developmental changes in the life cycle, health maintenance, and health problems. The concept of caregiving as it relates to family and health care will be introduced. The clinical experience will explore family health care within the community and health care settings. Course taught through UPMC: Shadyside School of Nursing.
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2.00 Credits
This course provides students with a foundation of basic pharmacologic concepts important for safe medication management. Through the exploration of medication classifications, students identify the implications to nursing practice. Building on the concepts presented in prerequisite nursing courses, the students explore medication management across the lifespan. Utilizing the nursing standards for professional practice, students will demonstrate skillfulness in safe medication management. Clinical laboratory will enable students to apply these essential aspects culminating in a medication math calculation competency exam. Course taught through UPMC: Shadyside School of Nursing.
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7.00 Credits
This course encompasses nursing care and the promotion of growth and development of children and families. Emphasis is placed on the health promotional aspects of nursing care. Focus is on the needs of the young families in various life stages: perinatal through adolescence. The impact of acute and chronic diseases is explored from a holistic perspective utilizing a family centered approach. Students provide collaborative nursing care in both community and acute care settings. Additionally students will explore culturally appropriate nursing strategies to influence health. (4 credits theory/3 credits clinical)
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7.00 Credits
Shadyside School of Nursing Course
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7.00 Credits
This course focuses on analyzing the relationship between the nurse and the psychiatric patient, as well as disorders identified by the American Psychiatric Association, by examining communication techniques, 249 integrating developmental theories and identifying behavioral patterns. The nursing process is used to interpret feelings, cultivate individual strength, co-create coping abilities, and instill faith and hope. The impact of the psychiatric illness on the family is explored from a holistic perspective. Through the art and science of nursing, the student and the patient gain a higher degree of harmony and health potential. The clinical practicum is offered in an acute psychiatric facility and in community settings. (4 credits theory/3 credits clinical)
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7.00 Credits
This Complex Health Nursing course focuses on nursing care of seriously ill clients and families in the acute/critical care settings. Evolving from observer to participant, students implement the nursing process with an emphasis on assessment techniques, priority setting and collaboration with other health care providers and families. The autonomous scope of nursing practice in both settings is compared and contrasted. (4 credits theory/3 credits clinical)
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