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NRS 111C - Foundations of Nursing in Chronic Illness I Lab/Clinical


4 Credit(s)

Prerequisite(s): NRS 110 NRS 110C  

Corequisite(s): NRS 230 NRS 232  

Course Description: Clinical associated with NRS 111  

Course Level: Career/Tech Preparatory

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.



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