The Indus Hospital - LMS

Course objectives:

·         At the end of this course, students will be able to:

• ·         Utilize the nursing process to provide holistic care to patients with variety of disease conditions across life span. Integrate                  Gordon’s functional health patterns as a tool for assessment of client and families.
• ·         Relate normal and altered physiological and pharmacology concepts in clinical setting.
• ·         Analyze the assessment data critically and hypothesize patient problem using NANDA
• ·         Develop the evidenced based nursing care based on bio-psycho-social, cultural and spiritual concepts and theories in caring              for clients and families.
• ·         Apply nursing concepts, theories, and models to provide effective and safe patient care.
• ·         Integrate health promotion concepts and provide health education to patient and families.

 

Clinical Objectives

On the completion of this course students will be able to;

• ·         Utilize history taking and physical examination of the client in varying developmental stages as a part of nursing assessment.
• ·         Assess, plan implement and evaluate nursing care based on the functional health pattern (FHP)
• ·         Integrate knowledge of teaching learning, path physiology, pharmacology, diagnostic test and ethical principles in planning                  and implementing patient care in clinical setting.
• ·         Provide holistic care to patients utilizing nursing process incorporating physical, psychological, social, emotional and spiritual              aspects of care.
• ·         Develop a concept map and a nursing care plan of patient under your care.
• ·         Provide formal and informal teaching to client and families.
• ·         Demonstrate professional responsibility and accountability in clinical practice
• ·         Document assessment findings and care according to hospital policy.

 

Teaching/Learning Strategies:

Lectures, group discussion, guest lectures, problem based learning, self-directed learning, web based strategies, and clinical portfolio.

Clinical : Portfolio	100%
Theory
Midterm Exam/ 30% PBL session/ quizzes	30%	1
Presentation	30%	1
Final Exam	40%
Total	100%

Required Text:

Porter, P. A & Perry, A. G. (2016). Basic Nursing: Essentials for practice (5th ed.) St. Louis:

Mosby.

Kozier & Erb, G. K., (2015). Fundamentals of Nursing: Concept, process and practice (10th ed.).

Addison:

Wesley.Bruner, L.S., & Suddarth, D.S. (2015). Text book of Medical-Surgical Nursing (14 Ed.).

Philadelphia: Lippincott.