NURS 126 Health and Healing II: Health Indicators

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

1. contribute to in-class discussions and encourage others to participate.
2. explain transition and change as a central concept to the discipline of nursing.
3. relate the Transtheoretical Model of Change to a planned lifestyle change in a scholarly paper.
4. explain developmental theories and how they provide a basis for nurses to assess, interpret, and understand the responses seen in their patients.
5. use a growth and developmental perspective to assess individuals and families at various stages across the lifespan, including perinatal, infant, toddler, preschool, school-age, adolescent, and young, middle, and older adult.
6. explain health promotion and prevention strategies for individuals and families from a developmental perspective, such as nutrition, injury prevention, immunization, and health screening.
7. explore from a developmental perspective, issues related to mental, spiritual, and sexual health.
8. discuss issues related to end-of-life such as advanced care planning, grief and loss, palliative care, and Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD).
9. explain the importance of nursing informatics as a specialty area of nursing practice that is dedicated to the optimal use of technology to support professional practice and documentation, and enable optimal patient outcomes.
10. relate knowledge about human anatomy and physiology to physical assessment.
11. utilize effective communication techniques (relational practice) to obtain a patient health history.
12. demonstrate how to perform accurate physical assessments of respiratory, circulatory, lymphatic, EENT, neurological, and genitourinary systems.
13. demonstrate physical assessment skills related to developmental stages across the lifespan, including physical assessment of a pregnant female, infant, toddler, preschool and school-age children, adolescents, and young, middle, and older adults.
14. utilize focused assessment tools for assessment of specific issues, such as Glasgow Coma Scale, Geriatric Depression Scale, and MOCA.
15. demonstrate bowel and catheter care techniques.
16. demonstrate care techniques in end-of-life care, including bed baths, and a review of mouth care, positioning and transfers.
17. use medical terminology to accurately communicate and document assessment data.
18. identify teaching needs of patients in case scenarios.
19. illustrate how to maintain infection control by following standard precautions and performing proper hand hygiene at all times.
20. use safe body mechanics during all patient assessment and care.