NUR 318 - Nursing Care of Adults I

This course focuses on nursing practice with adults experiencing acute and chronic alterations in health. Health promotion strategies and health care principles are examined, and community resources are discussed.

Emphasis is placed on a holistic understanding of the cultural, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of the individual adult and family. Nurse accountability, adult and family psychosocial development and care, cognitive development, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, cultural diversity, spiritual and psychological needs, and the art of a nurse’s caring behaviors are integrated throughout the course. Care of the adult and family, family life processes, and adaptation are discussed. Ethical, legal, and sociocultural concerns related to the disorders will be explored. Pharmacology is emphasized. Application of the nursing process occurs throughout this course and in the clinical setting.

Lecture
Credits: 5
Prerequisites: NUR 301 , NUR 310 , NUR 311 , NUR 320
Corequisite: NUR 325
Equivalent: NUR 3180
Offered in the Spring Semester
Not Liberal Arts