BN-400

Medical - Surgical Nursing II

This course is a continuation of Medical-Surgical I. It continues to focus on experiences with complex health challenges from a foundational perspective. Opportunities are provided to apply the nursing process, demonstrate pattern recognition, increase evidence-informed and self-directedness. The course focuses on the knowledge and skills to provide holistic, evidence-based care to clients with acute and chronic conditions. The learner will recall knowledge and skills of fundamental nursing practice, health assessment, relational practice, professional practice, anatomy and physiology, biochemistry, microbiology, pathophysiology I, pharmacology I, and medical-surgical I. The learner will integrate knowledge from pathophysiology II and pharmacology II into the nursing process to develop a care plan for medical-surgical clients with acute and chronic conditions impacting the musculoskeletal, integumentary, respiratory, cardiac, neurological, male reproductive, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, endocrine, ear, and eyes systems.

Credit Hours

36

Min. Grade

0%