RNSG1441 — Common Concepts of Adult Health
CIP Code: 51.3801 Course Description: Basic integration of the role of the professional nurse as a provider of patient-centered care, patient safety advocate, member of health care team, and member of the profession. Study of the common concepts of caring for adult patients and families with medical-surgical health care needs related to body systems, emphasizing knowledge, judgment, skills, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. Study of general principles of caring for selected adult clients and families in structured settings with common medical-surgical health care needs related to each body system. Emphasis on knowledge judgment, skills, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. The student will relate the nursing process to the assessment of common acute and chronic medical-surgical health care needs associated with various body systems. The student will discuss the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in planning safe patient centered care. The student will interpret data using nursing informatics and technology to identify problems, formulate