PN 103A Practical Nursing 3

This course is the final term in the Practical Nursing Program. This course builds on previously learned content by identifying assessment and common interventions (including relevant technical procedures) for care of patients across the lifespan who require acute care, including high-risk childbirth and mental health disorders. Disease/illness trajectories and their translation into clinical practice guidelines and/or standard procedures are considered in relation to their impact on providing culturally sensitive, client-centered care. Leadership, delegation, supervision, quality improvement, standards for and scope of practice for the LPN are included. A variety of teaching methodology will be used to include but not limited to: lecture and discussion, media presentations, small group work, journal article review, and case study analysis. This course includes classroom, online, on-campus and off-campus clinical learning.

Credits

7

Prerequisite

PN 102A and PN 102B and admission into the Practical Nursing Program

Corequisite

PN 103B 

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Describe the pathophysiology, medical management, and nursing intervention in caring for the client with cancer, immune disorders, and selected conditions of the musculoskeletal, hematologic, neurological, and reproductive systems 2. Describe appropriate care for the woman and family during an uncomplicated pregnancy
3. Describe appropriate nursing care of the mother with an uncomplicated labor, delivery, and postpartum period
4. Describe appropriate nursing care for the full-term, uncompromised neonate
5. Discuss/identify behaviors appropriate for developmental stages in infancy through toddler and pharmacological considerations in caring for the pediatric client
6. Describe the principles of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics
7. Accurately calculate drug dosages and administer medications
8. Identify the practical nurse’s scope of practice in acknowledging all members of the health care team in data collection, contributing to the plan of care, providing and evaluating client care
9. Describe trends for practical nursing in the future, considering societal changes, roles, and technical advances
10. Demonstrate increasing aptitude in recognizing, defining and functioning within the accepted roles of nursing, especially provider of care, member within the discipline of nursing
11. Describe the role of the practical nurse in the care of the client with mental health/psychiatric disorders
12. Demonstrate competency and safety in the provision of nursing care