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NURS 320 - Advanced Nursing Concepts

Semester Hours: 7.5

This course introduces the student to advanced concepts of nursing practice. The course builds and expands on the concepts of oxygenation, perfusion, metabolism, and infection that were previously introduced in Nursing 201. In addition, the advanced concepts of cellular regulation, intracranial regulation and alterations in tissue integrity are explored. Through the integration of nursing concepts, along with Tanner’s clinical judgement model, the student engages in advanced clinical decision making in high acuity environments. Students in various clinical experiences that take place in stepdown units, critical care units and emergency departments.