NU 333 - Contemporary Issues in Nursing

• Articulate factors that support the delivery of competent, caring, holistic nursing care for clients across the lifespan (Level 4, Nursing Care)
• Consistently employ effective communication skills with clients and multidisciplinary teams when coordinating discharge from or transfer within a healthcare setting (Level 4, Communication)
• Incorporate principles of health promotion, maintenance and restoration to empower clients to achieve optimal health (Level 4, Health Concepts)
• Demonstrate professional responsibility and accountability as patient advocates and leaders in nursing practice (Level 4, Professional Role)
• Describe the use of information management systems, and select technologies used to delivery nursing care from a remote location (Level 4, Technology)
• Provide leadership when collaborating with other health care team members and communities in assuming accountability for nursing care outcomes (Level 4, Leadership)
• Synthesize research findings and knowledge from the humanities and sciences into professional nursing practice (Level 4, Knowledge Development)

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• Management of clients with dementia
• Management of clients with delirium
• Frailty and geriatric syndromes
• Transitions in continuum of care within the context of current healthcare economics.
• Health Care Policy and Health care Reform
• Current trends and issues in health promotion across the life span
• Genetics and genomics
• Issues and trends in quality and safety
• Professional boundaries
• Violence in the workplace
• Trends in judicial and regulatory issues
• New technology in health care