N320: Foundations Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education of Eastern Washington University, Gonzaga University, and Whitworth College, and College of Nursing, Washington State University |
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
1. Apply physiological and developmental concepts from previous and concurrent courses
to the nursing process.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of nursing process as applied to well/ill clients.
3. Discuss the nurse role in the care of well/ill clients.
4. Identify client roles in the health care situation.
5. Identify therapeutic and nontherapeutic communication skills with well/ill clients.
6. Discuss relationship theory in selected nurseclient situations.
7. Analyze basic needs and adaptation theories in relation to care of selected clients
across the age spectrum of young adult through senescence.
8. Discuss the holistic approach to provision of nursing care.
9. Identify teachinglearning principles relevant to individual clients.
10. Discuss nursing interventions relative to perioperative care of patients.
11. Compare nursing interventions to meet basic needs for adultpatients of different age
groups.
12. Compare needs of postoperative patient and patients with restricted mobility.
13. Identify ethical and legal aspects relevant to nursing care of clients across the age
spectrum of young adult through senescence.
14. Apply principles of critical thinking to foundational nursing concepts.
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES:
Lecture/discussion, reading assignments, storytelling, case studies, computer assisted
learn-ing and audiovisual presentations will be utilized.