NURS 2700 - Foundations of Nursing - Health Promotion

1. Professional nursing
   1. Historical introduction to the discipline
   2. Standards of practice
   3. Clinical Decision Making/Clinical Judgment (Nursing Process)
   4. Roles
   5. Practice environments
   6. Interdisciplinary practice (introduction to concept)
2. Evidence Based Practice/Research
3. Holism/Self Care/Caring
4. Health Promotion through the lifespan (integrated through¿theory and lab)
   1. Health/Illness
   2. Determinants of Health (Healthy People 2020)
   3. Screening
      1. Physical Assessment through the lifespan (integrated through¿theory and lab)
         1. Health history
         2. General survey
         3. Vital signs
      2. Medication Administration (theory and lab)
5. Leadership, Management, and Interdisciplinary practice
   1. Team Leadership and Followership
   2. Management
      1. Delegation
      2. Resource Management
6. Legal/Ethical
   1. Advocacy
   2. Regulatory frameworks
7. Safety
   1. QSEN
   2. Infection Control (theory and lab)
   3. Asepsis (medical and surgical)
   4. Chain of infection
8. Communication, Teaching/Learning, Informatics
9. Transcultural Concepts
10. Health Promotion through the lifespan (integrated through¿theory and lab)
    1. Health/Illness
    2. Determinants of Health (Healthy People 2020)
    3. Screening
11. Integrative therapies/Comfort/Relaxation/Rest/Psychoneuroimmunology
12. Physical Assessment through the lifespan (integrated through¿theory and lab)
    1. Health history
    2. General survey
    3. Vital signs
13. Medication Administration (theory and lab)

1. apply theories and concepts of social and cultural factors to provide prevention-based nursing care.
2. apply credible, evidence-based sources of information to guide safe, preventative care.
3. conduct a health history and wellness assessment to identify risks and/or determinants of health.
4. demonstrate an awareness of the role of the professional nurse within organizational systems.
5. describe behavioral change techniques to promote health and manage illness.
6. describe how health promotion initiatives are organized and financed.
7. provide safe, holistic client-centered nursing care in promoting health across the lifespan.
8. reflect on personal and professional actions based on a set of shared core nursing values.
9. utilize effective inter-professional communication techniques within a multidisciplinary healthcare

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