NURS 683 - Adult-Gerontology Cns Practice in the Emergency and Critical Care Settings Seminar and Practicum

4 (2, 0, 2) Credit(s)

This course examines various dimensions of emergency and critical care nursing, emphasizing the continuum of care from the time of a patient’s emergent illness or injury through the period of acute care. Students gain skill in integrating concepts related to prevention of disease and injury, systems for emergency and critical care and rehabilitation and reintegration with society. The focus is a holistic approach to the nursing care of the emergently or critically ill late adolescent, adult, and older adult patient through examination of the emergency and critical care environments, role of the clinical nurse specialist, patient, and family as a unit in crisis, and various emergency and critical care practice issues in the context of current and future health systems. Pathophysiology, medical diagnostics, and therapeutics, and technology related to specific emergent and acute health problems are addressed. The clinical nurse specialist’s role in preparedness for major types of disasters is included along with analyzing issues and applying current evidence to complex situations and settings.
Requisite(s): NURS 601, NURS 608, NURS 611, NURS 634, NURS 639, NURS 652, 653, and NURS 663.