Medical Surgical Nursing
La Salle University
School of Nursing and Health Sciences
Undergraduate Nursing Program
Spring 2014
COURSE NUMBER: NUR 316
TITLE: Care of Older Adults in Health and Illness
CREDIT/CLOCK HOURS: 5 credits
3 hours theory per week; 8 hours of clinical practice for 9 weeks, 4 hours Hospital Orientation + Lab day: (84 clinical hours)
PRE/CO-REQUISITES: NUR 304, NUR 305, NUR 307, NUR 312, NUR 310
Class Day /Time:
Class Location:
Faculty: Denise Pruskowski Kavanagh, MSN, RN Office Phone: (215) 951-1440 School E-Mail: Kavanaghd@lasalle.edu Please use email when possible Office hours: as posted on Bb and office door
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Students investigate the impact of illness on adult and geriatric patients and their families. They examine physiological, pathophysiological, psychological, financial, spiritual, and social changes affecting ill adults. Emphasis is placed on nursing interventions that promote, maintain, and restore health. Safety principles are highlighted. Students provide care for adult patients, emphasizing care needs of frail elders, in secondary and tertiary health care agencies.
COURSE/STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Apply theories of illness and aging to the nursing care of older adults and their families. ( UGNUR 1, ANA 2, AACN 1, QSEN 1).
2. Assess the nursing care needs of adult patients with co-morbid conditions using a comprehensive database. (UGNUR 3, ANA 1, AACN 2, QSEN 1,2,6).
3. Use critical thinking skills to identify nursing diagnoses for elderly patients and their families. (UGNUR 2, ANA 2, AACN 4, QSEN 3,4,7).
4. Deliver a plan of nursing care for elderly adults supported by evidence-based interventions and illness, aging, and nursing theories with an emphasis on frailty and vulnerability. (UGNUR 4, 5, ANA 4, AACN3, QSEN 1,7).
5. Communicate with elders and members of their support networks when planning nursing care. (UGNUR 6, ANA 5, AACN 6, QSEN 2,5,7).
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School of Nursing and Health Sciences
Undergraduate Nursing Program
Spring 2014
COURSE NUMBER: NUR 316
TITLE: Care of Older Adults in Health and Illness
CREDIT/CLOCK HOURS: 5 credits
3 hours theory per week; 8 hours of clinical practice for 9 weeks, 4 hours Hospital Orientation + Lab day: (84 clinical hours)
PRE/CO-REQUISITES: NUR 304, NUR 305, NUR 307, NUR 312, NUR 310
Class Day /Time:
Class Location:
Faculty: Denise Pruskowski Kavanagh, MSN, RN Office Phone: (215) 951-1440 School E-Mail: Kavanaghd@lasalle.edu Please use email when possible Office hours: as posted on Bb and office door
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Students investigate the impact of illness on adult and geriatric patients and their families. They examine physiological, pathophysiological, psychological, financial, spiritual, and social changes affecting ill adults. Emphasis is placed on nursing interventions that promote, maintain, and restore health. Safety principles are highlighted. Students provide care for adult patients, emphasizing care needs of frail elders, in secondary and tertiary health care agencies.
COURSE/STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Apply theories of illness and aging to the nursing care of older adults and their families. ( UGNUR 1, ANA 2, AACN 1, QSEN 1).
2. Assess the nursing care needs of adult patients with co-morbid conditions using a comprehensive database. (UGNUR 3, ANA 1, AACN 2, QSEN 1,2,6).
3. Use critical thinking skills to identify nursing diagnoses for elderly patients and their families. (UGNUR 2, ANA 2, AACN 4, QSEN 3,4,7).
4. Deliver a plan of nursing care for elderly adults supported by evidence-based interventions and illness, aging, and nursing theories with an emphasis on frailty and vulnerability. (UGNUR 4, 5, ANA 4, AACN3, QSEN 1,7).
5. Communicate with elders and members of their support networks when planning nursing care. (UGNUR 6, ANA 5, AACN 6, QSEN 2,5,7).
6.