Mar 28, 2024  
Middlesex Community College Academic Catalog 2017-18 
    
Middlesex Community College Academic Catalog 2017-18 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

NUR 255 - Nursing Care of the Adult II

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In this course the student continues to develop and become proficient in the Core Competencies© related to the comprehensive care of adult clients, families, groups, and communities with complex acute or chronic/persistent health problems. Additional focus is on the competencies related to beginning leadership, management, and collaboration skills within a variety of health systems.

At the completion of the course, the student will:

  • Identify the multiple dimensions of patient-centered care for patients and communities with medical/surgical and public health problems.
  • Apply safety design principles to the care of patients with medical/surgical and mental health problems. 
  • Model the attributes of professionalism.
  • Analyze the concept of evidence-based practice as it applies to care of patients with medical/surgical and public health problems.
  • Use leadership and management skills to influence the behaviors of individuals and groups to achieve shared goals.
  • Examine the roles of the interdisciplinary health care team as they relate to care of patients with medical/surgical and public health problems.


Prerequisite(s): Completion of NUR 205, NUR 206, BIO 235 and MAT 177.
Corequisite(s): ENG 102, NUR 256, Humanities elective.
Note(s): NUR 256 must be taken concurrently with NUR 255.


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