NUR 3015 - Episodic and Restorative Health Care (ASD)

• Demonstrate therapeutic communication skills to build trusting relationships based on an understanding of the client as a unique human being whose health and perspectives have been influenced by social and cultural factors of the individual’s lifelong experiences (Communication)
• Apply nursing knowledge and critical thinking to enhance clinical judgment through integration of subjective and objective data to develop a logical plan of care to promote quality and positive outcomes that reflect the client’s values, needs, and preferences (Clinical Judgment)
• Use the nursing process to provide safe, effective, equitable, compassionate and empathetic person-centered care with a focus on interventions that promote self-care and protect, promote, maintain, or restore health (Person-Centered Care)
• Demonstrate clinical judgment when providing clinical and medication administration skills for safe, high quality nursing care (Clinical Judgment)
• Plan, implement, and evaluate client education that advances the client’s or family’s self-care skills (Communication)
• Demonstrate accurate use of health information systems and other technology to support clinical decision making and client care (Informatics, Healthcare Technologies)
• Further develop the use of best evidence to support clinical judgment and practice in the care of clients with episodic and/or restorative health care needs across the lifespan (Evidence-Based Practice)
• Demonstrate professional communication to enhance collegiality and collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to improve care (Collaboration)
• Reflect on one’s personal values and biases as part of developing a deeper insight into the core values of nursing; exhibit behaviors that align with those of an ethical, responsible professional and a leader of character (Professional Role)
• Exhibit an attitude of curiosity by using resources, feedback, and reflection to develop own practice and critical thinking skills (Clinical Judgment)

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• Nursing process
• Nursing concepts  
  • Health maintenance and health seeking behaviors 
  • Imbalanced nutrition 
  • Spiritual well-being 
  • Rest/sleep pattern 
  • Anxiety 
  • Grief and loneliness 
  • Domestic and intimate partner violence/abuse 
• Professional practice and role 
  • Strengthen critical thinking, clinical judgment, and evidence-based practice 
  • Licensing and regulation  
  • Documentation and informatics 
• Episodic Health challenges 
  • Acute pain and coping
  • Acute alterations in thermoregulation: hypothermia, hyperpyrexia, hyperthermia
  • Acute alteration in GI motility (constipation, diarrhea)   
  • Acute alterations in glucose, fluid, and electrolyte balance  
  • Acute alterations in oxygenation, gas exchange, acid/base imbalance 
  • Episodic and acute respiratory conditions: acute bronchitis, influenza, pneumonia, aspiration, epiglottitis, pulmonary embolus, pneumothorax 
  • Acute confusion/delirium  
  • Clients experiencing seizure activity  
  • Acute alterations in urinary function: urinary retention, urinary incontinence, urinary tract infection, urinary calculi, pyelonephritis, benign prostatic hypertrophy  
  • Musculoskeletal injury and trauma: fractures, application of traction, joint replacements, amputations
  • Altered level of consciousness and trauma brain injury; acute spinal cord injury  
  • Management of clients receiving enteral and parenteral nutrition
  • Management of clients receiving blood transfusion and blood reactions  
  • Care of patients undergoing abdominal and thoracic surgery, incorporating care of patients with chest tubes 
• Perioperative
  • Assessment and care of the perioperative client: preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative
  • Musculoskeletal injury and trauma: fractures, joint replacements, amputations.
  • Care of clients undergoing abdominal and thoracic surgery: postsurgical tubes and drains
  • Care of clients undergoing gynecologic or genitourinary procedures
• Perinatal
  • Perinatal infections: maternal, fetal, and neonatal
  • Perinatal genetic testing
  • Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders
  • Contraceptive counseling
  • Preconceptual care
  • Prenatal care
  • Childbearing at risk: preconceptual, antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and neonatal complications
  • Assessment of fetal well-being and uterine activity
  • Assessment and care of women during the labor and birthing process
  • Assessment and care of the postpartum client
  • Assessment and care of the newborn
  • Postpartum/newborn discharge planning and education
  • Care of the client/family experiencing perinatal loss

• Clinical experiences