Adult Health Nursing 1. Course Title: Adult Nursing 2. Course Number: (301) 3. Credit Hours: Total (6) credits: Theory (3) credits Clinical (3) credits 4. Course Calendar: Total (12) hours Weekly of (15) Weeks: Theory (3) hrs. Clinical (9) hrs. 5. Placement: Third Years / first Semester. 6. Instructors: Nursing faculty members of Medical- Surgical Nursing Unit. 7. Course Description: This course provides the student with the knowledge, skills and attitudes that are essential for effective and comprehensive nursing care for adults in the uncritical medical and surgical illness. The related concepts of path physiology, fundamentals of nursing and pharmacology are integrated. 8. Course Goals: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to: Identify risk factors and nursing interventions in promoting and maintaining health in a selected client population. Relate the Path physiology of selected medical / surgical alterations to the health illness continuum. Discuss selected medical / surgical alterations in adult and old adult patients. Discuss scientifically based rational for performing selected diagnostic procedures, outcomes and nursing responsibilities. Describe drug therapies and their related outcomes for clients undergoing medical / surgical interventions. Explain nutritional needs of patients with selected medical / surgical alterations. Discuss principles of teaching learning processes as they relate to the adult / older adult patient. Utilize health assessment skills in determining the physical, psychological, spiritual, and learning needs of adult patients. Apply the theoretical concepts, scientific principles in planning care of patients. Demonstrate competence in implementing nursing interventions to meet client oriented goals. Demonstrate in practice the knowledge of various medical / surgical procedures and nursing intervention involved. Demonstrate safe administration of drug and parenteral therapy.
Participate in teaching patients. Demonstrate effective communication with patients, instructor and health team members. Describe pre-operative nursing measures of avoiding the risk of infection and the expected post-operative complications. 9. Course Outline: The Theoretical Content Unit 1: Introducon to nursing adult. (2) hrs. Unit 2: Nursing process; Definion, objecves and steps. (2) hrs. Unit 3: Rehabilitaon in Nursing: (3) hrs. Objectives, basic principles in rehabilitation nursing. Rehabilitation team. Prevention of complication and deformities. Unit 4: Care of paents with cancer: (3) hrs. Definitions. Types. Sign and symptoms. Methods of Diagnosis. Treatment of cancer. Unit 5: The paent with breast cancer: (3) hrs. Sign and symptoms. Methods of diagnosis. Nursing care and rehabilitation. Unit 6: Radiaon therapy. (2) hrs. Unit 7: Nursing management for patient with digestive system disease. Sign and symptoms, and diagnostic measures. Nursing care for the patient with the followings: -Intestinal obstruction. -Hernia. -Ulcerative colitis. -Peptic ulcer.
-Cancer of stomach. Unit 8: The patient with liver, biliary and pancreas diseases. Sign, symptoms and diagnosis of liver disease. Nursing care and rehabilitation for the following diseases: -Hepatitis. -Liver cirrhosis. -Cholelithiasis. Unit 9: Nursing Care for paents with endocrine system disease: Nursing management for patient with diabetes mellitus. Nursing management for patient with the followings: -Hyperthyroidism. -Hypothyroidism. -Hypo and hyper parathyroid disorders. Unit 10: Nursing management for paents with blood disease. Blood and its contents. Diagnostic tests for blood disease. Nursing care and rehabilitation for patient with these diseases: -Leukemia. -Hodgkin s disease. -Hemorrhagic disorder. -Anemia and its types. Unit 11: Nursing Management for patient with heart and cardio- (7) hrs. vascular diseases: Diagnostic tests. Sign and symptoms.
Nursing care and rehabilitation for patient with: -Myocardial infarction. -Congestive heart failure. -Bacterial endocarditic. -Rheumatic fever. -Hypertension. Unit 12: Nursing care for patient with respiratory disease: Diagnostic test, sign, symptoms, and treatment. Nursing care and rehabilitation for patient with: -Bronchitis. -Pneumonia. -Broncholitis. -Emphysema. -Cancer of lung. The Clinical Content Respiratory Unit (18) hrs. Coronary Care Unit (18) hrs. Hematology Unit (18) hrs. General Medical Wards (18) hrs. General Surgical words (36) hrs. Operation Room (9) hrs.
Recovery Room (9) hrs. Clinical Exam (9) hrs. 10. Learning Resources: Board, overhead projector, handouts, posters, CD s, and movies 11. Teaching/ Learning Strategies: Lectures, group discussion, clinical conference, and group projects., lab. and clinical settings. 12. Students Evaluaon: 1 st theory exam, 7.5% 2 nd theory exam. 7.5% Quizzes 5 % Clinical evaluaon 40% Final Exam 20 % Final clinical exam 20 % --------------------------------------------- Total 100% 13. References: Brunner, L. and Suddarth, D., Textbook of Medical Surgical Nursing 5th ed., New York, Lippinco Co., 1984. Lomone, Priscilla and Karen Burke, Medical Surgical Critical Thinking in Client Care, New Jersey, Pearson Prence Hall, 2000, Smeltzer, S. et.al, Textbook of Medical Surgical Nursing, 10th ed., New York, Lippinco Williams & Wilkins, 2004. Smeltzer, S. et.al, Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 8th ed., New York, Lippinco Co., 1996.