Acute Health Problems of Adults and Older Adults

6 Units

In this second of sequenced Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nursing clinical courses, the emphasis will be on the pathophysiology, assessment, and diagnostic approaches to adults and older adults with complex acute and chronic health disorders that manifest with physiologic instability. The clinical practicum will focus on further developing diagnostic reasoning, caring practices, and collaboration in acute and critical care settings. Lab fee required. An MSN and NP Certification can be substituted for course requisites. Prereq: NUNP 438 and NURS 459 and NURS 453 . Coreq: NURS 430 .