NURS 172 - Nursing Concepts and Management II

Considers the nursing process and, using a concept-based approach, focuses on clients, families, and communities with an emphasis on mood and affect, cognition, anxiety, stress, communication, immunity, nutrition, tissue integrity, fluid and electrolytes, mobility, elimination, and health policy. Opportunities are provided for the student to correlate theoretical concepts within nursing practice settings to manage care with clients throughout the lifespan. Prerequisite(s): C or better in NURS 166 or concurrent enrollment and C or better in NURS 160, NURS 170, NURS 171, BIOL 141 and either PSYC 232 or PSYC 233.
(PCS 1.2, 6 credit hours - 4 hours lecture, 6 hours clinical)