Vnsg 1500 Nursing in Health and Illness I
LEVEL I
VNSG 1500 – NURSING IN HEALTH AND ILLNESS I
Credit Hours: 5Lecture Hours: 5
Prerequisite:Acceptance into the Vocational Nursing Program
Corequisite: VNSG 1122, 1136, 1402, 2413, 1160, 1231, & 1216
WECM COURSE DESCRIPTION
Introduction to general principles of growth and development, primary health care needs of the client across the life span including geriatrics, and therapeutic nursing interventions.
WECM COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
The student will recognize the uniqueness of the gerontologic client related to physical, mental, and emotional changes associated with the aging process; describe the psychosocial, growth and development, and physiological needs of clients across the lifespan; identify common and overt and actual and potential primary health care needs of the client; identify the basic interventions to support the client and family during life stages including death and dying; identify pharmacological agents and related nursing interventions.
COURSE OUTLINE
- Health promotion and maintenance across the lifespan
- Principles of growth and development
- Health care needs across the lifespan
- Concept of Health
- Basic human needs
- Health promotion across the lifespan
- Effects of aging
- Health promotion in the elderly
- Health maintenance for basic health care needs
- Sleep/rest
- Comfort
- Oxygenation
- Safety
- Urinary elimination
- Bowel elimination
- Mobility
- Skin integrity
- Fluid and electrolyte balance
- Care of the perioperative patient
- Purposes and effects of surgery
- Preoperative responsibilities
- Intraoperative care
- Postoperative nursing responsibilities
- Specific nursing measures for discomforts and complications
- Health restoration for commonly occurring illnesses
- Assessment
- Diagnostic tests
- Commonly occurring illness
- Cardiac problems
- Hypertension
- Respiratory problems
- Chronic pulmonary obstructive disease
- Neurologic problems
- Cerebrovascular accident
- Endocrine problems
- Diabetes mellitus
- Musculoskeletal problems
- Fractured hip
- Oncologic problems
- Breast cancer
- Vaginal cancer
- Cervical cancer
- Ovarian cancer
- Prostate cancer
- Testicular cancer
- Hodgkin’s disease
- Nursing Management
- Cardiac problems
- Respiratory problems
- Neurological problems
- Endocrine problems
- Musculoskeletal problems
- Oncological problems
- Surgeries
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Information from this course will be tested along with information from other courses. The student is required to take all tests that contain questions from this material.
The student will be required to satisfactorily complete required bib papers.
See the Evaluation Policy in the handbook for grading and progression information.
See the Attendance Policy in the handbook for attendance requirements.
See Grade Information Policy in the handbook for grade information.
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