NUR* 220 - Nursing in Health & Illness III

Credit(s): 9
Prerequisite(s): Connecticut Community Colleges NUR* 125, PSY* 201, SOC* 101
Corequisite(s): Course Connecticut Community Colleges ENG* 102 or ENG* 200
This course is designed to further develop concepts of nursing practice introduced in Nursing, Health & Illness Concepts I & II. Students apply learning related to pathophysiology, pharmacology, medical, and alternative therapies in classroom, laboratory and clinical settings throughout the course. This course focuses on the nursing and inter-professional care of patients, families, groups and communities with a variety of complex health care needs across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed upon management and coordination of care and the related organizational skills of the nurse as a member of the inter-professional healthcare team. Learning experiences provide the student an opportunity to demonstrate clinical reasoning as course concepts are applied in the implementation of safe, patient-centered care in a variety of settings using the nursing process. Active learning strategies are employed in this course to promote the development of clinical reasoning and self-directed lifelong learning.
Classroom: 67.5 hours Clinical: 202.5 hours