Download 1. Patient-Centered Care NOF Competency: The Nurse of the Future

1. Patient-Centered Care
NOF Competency:
The Nurse of the Future
will provide holistic
care that recognizes an
individual’s preferences,
values, and needs and
respects the patient or
designee as a full
partner in providing
compassionate,
coordinated, age and
culturally appropriate,
safe and effective care.
Course SLO:
Utilize the nursing
process when providing
basic care to culturally
diverse adults with an
emphasis on older adult
patients.
Course Outline:
A. Nursing Process in
the care of Adult and
Geriatric Patients
B. Wellness-Illness
Continuum
C. Bio-Psycho-SocialSpiritual, and Cultural
Aspects
D. Pathophysiology
E. Comfort
F. Health Promotion,
Maintenance and
Restoration
Pain Review
→Types: Chronic, Acute
→Pathophysiology: Theories and Beliefs,
physical links, autonomic
responses, endorphins
→Factors effecting pain
→History, pain assessment tools, tolerance,
dependence, withdrawal
Selected Medications: Opioids(morphine),
naloxone (Narcan)
→Alternative/Complementary Therapies
→Stress Reduction
 Abuse/Assault/Neglect of Adult and Geriatric Patients
o Physical, Emotional, Financial/Exploitive, Sexual
o Legal responsibilities
o Theories and Concepts of Abuse
o Collaborative Care and Management
 Normal Structure and Function and Pathophysiological
concepts of selected disorders in Adult and Geriatric
Patient
Integumentary Disorders/Medications:
→Inflammatory Response; Acute vs
Chronic Inflammation
→Skin Lesions
→Candidiasis and Tinea(s) (Fungal
Infections)
→Primary and Secondary Skin lesions
→Bedbugs, Scabies, Ticks
→Ulcers: Venous/Arterial/Pressure/
Diabetic
→Wounds: Types and Phases
→Wound healing: Primary, Secondary,
Tertiary
→Staging Pressure Ulcers
→Classification of Pressure Ulcers by
Tissue Depth and Involvement
(Partial/Full-Thickness)
→Factors effecting/Risks for Pressure
Ulcers
→Body Image Changes
→Treatments for Wounds and Pressure
Ulcers
Dressings
Nutritional therapy
→Complications from Impaired Skin
Integrity
o Assessment
 Patient health history
 Physical assessment
 Laboratory / Diagnostics
o Nursing Diagnosis
o Planning
o Implementation
 Patient/Family Teaching
 Problem solving
 Wellness/Illness Continuum
 Lifespan development
 Alternative / Complimentary Therapies
o Collaborative Care Mgt
 Evaluation
 Reporting (SBAR)
 Documentation
Learning Assignment PRIOR to
coming to class:
Wilkinson Volume 1: Chapters 12,
31, 35 and accompanying Voice
Over Power Points
Wilkinson Volume 2: Chapter 12,
31, 35
Ignatavicius: Chapters 17 (pp. 277281), 25 (pp. 432-458), 2 (pp. 1819).
Skyscape: Mosby’s Nursing Drug
Reference
1.) morphine (MS Contin)
2.) naloxone (Narcan)
ATI Modules:
1.)”Skills Modules”:
a.) Wound Care
b.) Pain Management
2.) “Pharmacology Made Easy 3.0”
Pain and Inflammation:
a.) Introduction
b.) Drug Therapy for pain: Nonopioid analgesics- NSAID’s,
acetaminophen and opioid
analgesics - morphine and
Opioids
Antagonists - naloxone
The Hematologic System:
a.) Introduction
b.) Drug Therapy to prevent and
dissolve thrombiAnticoagulants: Factor Xa
inhibitor- enoxaparin, Vitamin
K inhibitor- warfarin,
Salicylics, ADP inhibitors
Clinical Activities:
 Journaling
 Focus on wounds and cardiac
 Care Planning
 Administration of oral, enteral, and
parenteral medications
 Focused systems assessments
Thursday 4/14: Final Skill Testing: Sterile
technique via Catheter Insertion OR Sterile
Wound Dressing
Schedule provided by instructors