NURS 226 Health and Healing IV: Health Challenges/Healing Initiatives

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

1. Apply nursing and other disciplinary knowledge in the context of complex health challenges
2. Advance clinical judgement through use of the decision-making model
3. Apply learning theory to develop care plans for patients in the context of complex health challenges
4. Apply key concepts of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacotherapeutics specific to individual needs throughout the lifespan
5. Plan person-centered nursing care in partnership with persons experiencing a complex health challenge, along the continuum of care and across the lifespan
6. Interpret the findings of select diagnostics and implications for care
7. Plan care to address the impacts of systemic inequities and structural violence on the care environment and health of communities and individuals experiencing oppression, e.g., people who use substances, people experiencing mental health challenges
8. Recognize signs and symptoms that indicate deteriorating patient status
9. Recognize how the ecological determinants of health contribute to health inequities
10. Demonstrates appropriate use of information communication technologies in synthesizing information to plan client care
11. Examine the importance of collaboration with other members of the interprofessional team when providing care for clients with complex health challenges
12. Demonstrate intermediate psychomotor skills that integrate safety principles, relevant assessments, and evidence-informed practice