NUR 346 Gerontology And End-Of-Life Nursing Care

4 credit hours

Provides a foundation for basic gerontological nursing, incorporating normal and abnormal changes in health due to aging. Environmental and family interactions in the aging process will be explored. End of life care from a personal, environmental, and ethical framework will be identified. This course is both a didactic and clinical course in various settings, including essentially well elderly clients and clients and families experiencing end-of life nursing care.

This course requires an off-site clinical learning experience.

Prerequisite:

NUR 340 Nursing Care Of Adults I , NUR 341 Ethical, Cultural, And Spiritual Nursing Practice , NUR 342 Pharmacology/Pathophysiology I and NUR 349 Simulations In Clinical Reasoning

Corequisite:

Concurrent with NUR 348 Nursing Care Of Adults II , NUR 350 Mental Health Nursing , and NUR 360 Pharmacology/Pathophysiology II

Nursing Fee: See Course Schedule for Amount
Course is Offered: WI Every Year