Care of the Perioperative Patient

3.5 Units

This course will provide the student with a dynamic learning experience in a perioperative interprofessional environment to enhance the knowledge, cognitive and psychomotor skills to care for patients undergoing operative or invasive procedures. Course didactic, lab, and clinical components will be guided by The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies. The Perioperative Patient-Focused Model (Association of periOperative Registered Nurses) will be introduced. Communication skills, advocacy and leadership will be emphasized in the context of nursing care within and outside of the perioperative environment. Prereq: NURS 212 , NURS 240 , NURS 317 and NURS 342 . Coreq: NURS 338 .