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2020-2021 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

NUR 451 - Experiential Learning: Complex Health Problems

Credits 2
Practicum
Requirements: Co-Requisite: NUR 450, 455; Senior Standing
Experiential learning component provides students with opportunities to promote health, guide the person, and shape the health environment through advocacy, interdisciplinary collaboration, and effective management of resources in acute care and critical care environments. Nursing care provided is consistent with the ANA (2010) Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice and The AACN (2008) and Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice. Socio-environmental factors influencing the person, nurse, and health care decisions are analyzed. The emphasis of the learning includes prioritization of care, time-management, leadership, and management of multiple patient care assignment in addition to care for adults experiencing complex health problems, those with unpredictable outcomes in acute care settings.
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