MCCCD Program Description

Nursing Process/Critical Thinking III

Course: NUR261

First Term: 2003 Fall

Lecture 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s) 3 Load
Subject Type: Occupational
Load Formula: S

Description: Focus on nursing concepts and theories to meet complex human needs across the life span based on the wellness/illness continuum in a variety of acute care and community settings. Emphasis on utilizing critical thinking skills to plan holistic care through the nursing process for groups of clients with selected acute and chronic alterations in health and psychiatric/mental health disorders. Course Notes: Nursing Process/Critical Thinking course and Nursing Science course must be successfully completed concurrently to meet program requirements

MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Incorporate critical thinking skills to make inferences and judgments from client data that describe actual and potential nursing problems. (I) 2. Integrate holism in planning nursing care of clients and families with psychiatric/mental disorders and acute and chronic alterations in health. (II) 3. Design a holistic health care teaching plan in collaboration with client, family, and members of the health team. (I, II) 4. Develop a nursing plan of care for clients with acute and chronic alterations of health and psychiatric/mental health disorders. (III) 5. Modify the nursing plan of care for clients across the life span integrating their developmental needs. (III) 6. Analyze community-based health care issues within a defined community. (III) 7. Incorporate professional nursing standards in the plan of care for clients and families with acute and chronic alterations of health and psychiatric/mental health disorders. (III, IV)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.

MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Critical Thinking A. Analysis of data B. Inferences and judgment C. Modification of nursing care plan II. Holism A. Cultural competence B. Life span development C. Wellness/illness continuum D. Health education/promotion E. Chronic illness and disabilities III. Safe Nursing Practice A. Nursing process for clients with psychiatric/mental health disorders 1. Mood disorders 2. Thought disorders 3. Psychophysiological disorders 4. Personality disorders 5. Anxiety disorders 6. Child/adolescent disorders 7. Family violence 8. Addictions disorders 9. Family in crisis B. Nursing process for clients with acute and chronic alterations in health 1. Altered immune response 2. Ingestion, digestion, absorption, and elimination 3 Urinary elimination 4. Regulatory mechanisms C. Nursing process for clients in the community 1. Principles of epidemiology 2. Collaborative role as the case manager 3. Accessing resources IV. Role Development A. Standards of nursing care related to clients with acute and chronic alterations in health B. Standards of nursing care related to client and families with psychiatric/mental health disorders

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: 6/17/2003

All information published is subject to change without notice. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information presented, but based on the dynamic nature of the curricular process, course and program information is subject to change in order to reflect the most current information available.