NUR 108 Acute and Chronic Conditions 1

1. Patient-centered care: Demonstrate organized care in a patient centered manner that promotes patients’ personal preferences and beliefs.
2. Quality and safety: Demonstrate nursing care that minimizes risk of harm to patients and self.
3. Clinical decision making: Apply the nursing process based on standards of care, patient preferences and needs.
4. Professionalism: Identify nursing care that reflects integrity, accountability, legal and ethical practice.
5. Informatics and technology: Demonstrate nursing care using current technology and patient information to maximize safety.
6. Teamwork and collaboration: Communicate effectively with patients and members of the health-care team.

• Health And Illness Concepts 
• Acid Base Balance
• Cognition
  • Dementia
• Comfort 
• Elimination
  • Urinary (Renal dysfunction, Calculi, UTI)
  • Gastric and Bowel disorders 
• Fluid and Electrolytes
• Glucose Regulation
• Hormonal Regulation (Thyroid disorders)
• Immunity 
  • Infectious diseases across the lifespan (including influenza and immunizations)
• Mobility
  • Musculoskeletal disorders (Osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, rheumatoid  arthritis) 
  • Musculoskeletal traumatic injuries (Fractures)
• Oxygenation (Asthma, Bronchitis, COPD, Pneumonia)
• Perfusion
  • Cerebral vascular accident
  • Coronary artery disease
  • Heart failure
  • Hypertension
• Pharmacology
  • Medication administration across the lifespan 
  • Complementary and alternative therapies
• Sexuality (STIs)

​Professional Nursing Concepts

• Clinical Decision Making, Legal Aspects, Informatics and Technology, Quality and Safety
  • Managing Medical Orders
  • Perioperative
• Communication
• Ethics 
• Healthcare Delivery Systems
• Educator and Health promotion 
• Professionalism
  • Prioritization and time management