NU 4700 - Nursing Care of Clients with Complex Chronic Health Challenges

• Provide safe, effective, compassionate, and holistic nursing care taking into account developmental and cumulative effects on clients with multiple chronic health concerns (Level 4, Nursing Care)
• Integrate critical thinking and reflective practice when applying the nursing process to care of clients experiencing multiple chronic health concerns (Level 4, Critical Thinking)
• Incorporate effective communication and health education skills when addressing the cumulative effects on clients with multiple chronic health concerns (Level 4, Communication)
• Demonstrate a pattern of personal responsibility, professionalism, and accountability for life-long learning (Level 4, Professional Role)
• Deliberate ethical dilemmas faced by clients, their families, and healthcare providers and the effect on one’s philosophy of nursing and future practice (Level 4, Professional Role)
• Select, analyze, and use health information technology and biomedical technologies to ensure the quality and safety of nursing care (Level 4, Technology)
• Participate in the role of care coordinator with other healthcare team members to advocate for and improve health care outcomes for clients experiencing multiple chronic health concerns (Level 4, Collaboration)
• Retrieve and synthesize evidence from best practices to ensure the quality and safety of nursing care for clients experiencing multiple chronic health concerns (Level 4, Evidence-based Practice)

• None 

• Care of adults with chronic lung disorders
• Care of children with chronic respiratory dysfunction: cystic fibrosis
• Care of adults and children with chronic renal failure
• Care of clients with hypertension, coronary artery disease, and heart failure
• Care of clients with chronic gastro-intestinal (GI) and hepatic dysfunction
• Care of clients (adults and children) with chronic gastro-intestinal (GI) obstructive and Inflammatory bowel diseases
• Care of clients (adults and children) with chronic endocrine disorders (pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal disorders)
• Care of adults and children with cancer
• Care of clients with peripheral vascular disease (PVD), Arterial/venous and vaso-occlusive disorders
• End of life (EOL): care of adults, children, and families
• Care of clients with chronic degenerative neurological disorders
• Care of children with neuro and neuromuscular dysfunctions (cerebral palsy (CP), spinal cord abnormalities, hydrocephalous)
• Care of clients (adults and children) with HIV/AIDS.
• Components of cardiac function, cardiac pharmacology and application, ECG interpretation basics

• Psychomotor skills: skill review
• Simulations: care of patient with acute coronary syndrome, care of patient with decompensated heart failure, care of patient in home hospice
• Clinical focus: pediatrics, mental health