NRS 111C - Chronic Nursing I Clinical

NRS 110 , NRS 110C  

Corequisite(s):  

NRS 111 , NRS 230 , NRS 232  

Course Description: Clinical associated with NRS 111  

Course Learning Outcomes:

• CLO#1: Conduct a health assessment that is patient-centered and family-centered and both developmentally and culturally appropriate, interpret, and use the resulting health data, focusing on:
  • mental and functional status, ADLs and IADLs
  • coping/adaptive strategies used by patient/family
  • lived experience of chronic illness, including recognition of stigma and its impact on vulnerability and maintaining health,
  • impact of condition on family functioning, and
  • specific lab value interpretation and medication concerns such as polypharmacy.
• CLO#2: Provide safe and effective, developmentally and culturally appropriate care to patients with chronic illness including:
  • safely and effectively assisting clients with ADLs & IADLs ,
  • identifying and providing for comfort needs (physical and emotional),
  • teaching patients/families about interventions for managing symptoms such as chronic pain, fatigue,
  • teaching patients/families about self-assessment and self-management in highly prevalent chronic conditions such as (but not limited to) congestive heart failure, dementia, type 2 diabetes, depression, and obesity.(ILO:Information Literacy)
• CLO#3: Develop and implement a patient-centered and family-oriented plan of care for a patient with a chronic illness that incorporates evidence-based intervention strategies, assessment data, child and family developmental considerations, and demonstrates a deep understanding of the patient’s perspective and illness experience, within the framework of exacerbation, trajectory, and plateau.
• CLO#4: Apply ANA Code of Ethics and nursing values in the care of persons with a chronic illness or disability.
• CLO#5: Identify roles and functions of members of the health care team in order to provide care for the chronically ill.