HEALTH AND ILLNESS CONCEPTS WITH INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES: EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

NURSING 436

Spend concentrated time in two settings focusing on care to individuals across the lifespan, families, and communities. The concept-based learning activities are aligned with those taught in the companion didactic courses and build on previous learning and experiences. Provide direct care from an evidenced-based perspective, at an increasingly independent level. The learning activities are guided by nursing preceptors in practice settings and by School of Nursing faculty in simulation and seminar settings.

NURSING 316

Introduces psychomotor and assessment skills necessary to provide person-centered, evidence-based nursing care. Experience opportunities to promote wellness and respond to health problems by participating in direct client care in community and acute-care settings. Develop confidence with the application of skills and clinical judgment in a simulation lab and through concept-based learning experiences in care settings.

NURSING 434

Builds on health and illness concepts by focusing on individuals, families, and communities recognizing their unique attributes. Concepts included: acid-base balance, cellular regulation, intracranial regulation, genomics, sexuality and reproduction, and an introduction to the organization of the community/public health system. Other core nursing concepts are revisited as they apply to the community as client or in complex care situations. The nursing process frames learning activities that foster understanding the nursing role in providing evidence-based care to individuals, families across the lifespan, and to communities experiencing related health and illness concerns in collaboration with an interprofessional team.

NURSING 446

Spend concentrated time in two settings focusing on the complex care of individuals across the lifespan, families, and communities. Demonstrate advanced ability to integrate professional nursing related theory and concepts as they develop and implement the plan of care. Mentoring by clinical nursing preceptors in the clinical setting and by School of Nursing faculty in simulation and seminar settings.

NURSING 323

Focuses on health and illness concepts emphasizing care to individuals and families across the lifespan. Gain a fundamental understanding of allostasis, oxygenation and hemostasis, and protection and movement. Gain knowledge of these concepts through exemplars that illustrate common health processes and/or alterations. Frames learning activities that foster understanding of the nursing role in providing care to individuals and families experiencing related health and illness concerns.