NU 4702C - Application of Nursing Care Concepts to 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)
• Develop and analyze personal and professional goals for current and future nursing practice (Level 3, 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)

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• Quality of Life (QOL)
• Living with chronic illness - sexual health
• Family response and family caregiving related to chronic illness
• Hardiness, resilience, hopelessness, powerlessness, and chronic sorrow
• Care of clients with mobility, motor, and cognitive impairments
• Rehabilitation nursing
• Chronic pain across the lifespan
• Altered growth and development (G&D) - ADHD
• Care of children with neuro, neuromuscular, muscular, musculoskeletal and articular dysfunctions
• Discharge planning, case management, home care
• Care of clients with neurological dysfunctions (TIAs, CVA)
• Care of clients with peripheral vascular disease (PVD), arterial/ venous and vaso-occlusive disorders
• 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 with sensory and perceptual alterations
• Care of adults and children with chronic renal failure
• Care of clients with chronic respiratory dysfunction: asthma and cystic fibrosis
• Adherence
• Care of adults with chronic lung disorders
• Care of clients (children and adults) with diabetes mellitus (type 1 and type 2)
• Clients (adults and children) with chronic endocrine disorders (pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal disorders)
• Care of adults and children with cancer
• End of life (EOL): care of adults, children, and families
• Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
• Care of clients (adults and children) with HIV/AIDS
• Care of clients with chronic degenerative neurological disorders
• 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, end of life
• Clinical focus: acute care: pediatrics or adult