NURS 202 - Level V: Critical Care

7 Credits

NURS 202 is the advanced womens health, maternal-child, and medical-surgical nursing theory course. Theory knowledge focuses on complex and critical care issues. The nursing process is used as an organizational framework to review alterations in the functional health patterns, including activity and exercise, nutrition and metabolism, cognition and perception, sexuality and reproduction, and elimination. NURS 202 is the structured theory course presenting materials that will be demonstrated and practiced in the clinical setting during NURS 212.

Pre-requisite(s) NURS 201 min 2.5
Program Admission Required Yes Admitted Program NURS
FeesNT

Quarters Typically Offered
Fall Day
Winter Day
Spring Day

Designed to Serve Second quarter LPN-RN students and fifth quarter RN students
Active Date 20220330T15:34:37

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 36
Contact Hours: Lecture 77
Total Contact Hours 77
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
Course Outline
Complex & Critical Care Across the Lifespan:

Healthcare systems
Biomedical systems
Cancer
Adults
- Acute/Chronic Kidney Failure
- Respiratory Failure/ARDS,
- Sepsis/Shock
- Trauma
- Burns
Pediatrics
- Acute
- Chronic
- Terminal

Labor and Delivery:

The pregnant family at risk
The intrapartum family at risk
The newborn and family at risk
The postpartum family at risk

Palliative/end-of-life care

Student Learning Outcomes
Critical Thinking: Recommend pharmacological interventions by evaluating pathophysiology within populations.

Communication: Discuss emerging technology and the effect it has on how nurses communicate with providers, each other, and patients.

Diversity: Justify how influences of culture and diverse belief systems impact the delivery of healthcare.

Nursing Process: Discuss the care of pediatric and critically ill patients utilizing the nursing process.

Safe Practice: Explain evidence-based rationale for risk reduction measures specific to the critical care environment and the pediatric population.

Professionalism: Construct a plan for achieving professional goals in your first post-licensure year.