Nursing Clinical Practice 3 (NURS 2164)
This course expands the professional practice themes including focused and comprehensive nursing assessment skills, self-regulation, knowledge application, psychomotor skills, evidence-informed care, collaboration, leadership, organizational skills, patient safety, and relational practice. Students apply the nursing process as a foundational framework for clinical reasoning and decision-making with stable persons experiencing acute health issues in the acute care setting. Clinical practice including nursing labs, simulation and clinical experiences provides an opportunity for integration of theory. Theory from nursing science, other sciences and humanities informs practice.
Course code: NURS 2164
Credits: 6.5
Tuition: $0
Length: 195.0 hours
Course outline:
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Prerequisites
NURS 1164, NURS 1260, NURS 1261, NURS 1262, NURS 1263, NURS 1264, NURS 1370.Corequisites
NURS 2160, NURS 2161, NURS 2162, NURS 2163. No schedule is currently available. Please check again later.
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- - Focused assessment & clinical judgment relating to acute medical/surgical clients - Emergencies in acute care
- Care of the perioperative client - pain management - neurological assessment
- Medication administration in acute care - infusion therapy
- Acute & Surgical wound care
- Neurovascular assessment & orthopedic surgeries
- Urinary catheterization and bladder irrigation
- Nasogastric tubes and decompression
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
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