Spring 2027

Developing Clinical Judgment in Nursing Practice: Health and Illness Concepts

Introduces holistic, patient-centered nursing care for individuals and families across the lifespan, focusing on clinical judgment, health data analysis, and interprofessional collaboration for common health conditions.

offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Britta Lothary4.0/5Laura Vergenz

Summary

1 / 6

Past student reviews · Susan Yadro

The course was rated moderate in difficulty, with students noting confusion over exam preparation expectations.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Describe principles of holistic, patient-centered nursing care for individuals and families with common health conditions.

  • Explain physiological concepts and analyze how their changes affect nursing priorities and evidenced based care.

  • Differentiate normal and abnormal findings and link them to appropriate nursing actions.

  • Apply clinical judgment to recognize cues, evaluate information, and begin to make nursing judgments about individuals and families with common health conditions.

  • Discuss strategies for collaborating with patients, families, and the interprofessional team to promote safe, high-quality outcomes.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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NURSING 316

NURSING 323 used by

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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 8 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

SUSAN YADRO is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Fall 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 1700

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Susan Yadro

Students found the instructor helpful outside of class, despite frustrations with classroom management.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 2.98 GPA, 36.1% A/AB (n=166 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.40 GPA, 64.1% A/AB (n=64 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.36 GPA, 66.4% A/AB (n=146 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Susan Yadro

The course was rated moderate in difficulty, with students noting confusion over exam preparation expectations.

Past student reviews · Susan Yadro

A student felt the instructor mixed up class notes and daily health discussions interrupted the learning flow.

Topics

  • Principles of holistic, patient-centered nursing care
  • Physiological concepts and nursing priorities
  • Clinical judgment and cue recognition
  • Interprofessional collaboration strategies

Skills

  • Analyze health data using a clinical judgment framework
  • Explain physiological concepts and their impact on nursing priorities
  • Differentiate normal and abnormal findings to guide nursing actions
  • Apply clinical judgment to recognize cues and evaluate information
  • Collaborate with patients, families, and interprofessional teams

Grades

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

6 earlier forecasts · 0.24 GPA average error.

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1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Selected offering source records
NURSING 323 · Spring 2027

Developing Clinical Judgment in Nursing Practice: Health and Illness Concepts

Recorded 2026-10-29
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-29

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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