NU 448 - Adult Health III^

This course expands on previous nursing knowledge and skills to provide care to patients/clients that have complex health stressors with unpredictable outcomes. The focus is on caring for patients in specialty settings such as critical care, cardiovascular care, surgery, and emergency care. The student will demonstrate synthesis of the program objectives in both the classroom and clinical setting, readiness for beginning work as a nurse generalist. The clinical component is situated in either a precepted or advanced practicum setting. Semester Credit Hours: 5.00 Contact Hours: 30/0/135/165 Prerequisite: NU 302 Adult Health II^. Corequisite: NU 449 Integration of Concepts (NU448 must be successfully completed prior to NU 449 or taken concurrently with NU 449).