NURS 250L - Nursing Care of Adults I Lab

1 Credits
2 Contact Hours
This course is part one of a two-part medical-surgical lab learning experience. This course provides opportunities to practice safe patient care for adult patients in a laboratory setting. Students practice select technical skills commonly used in the care of medical-surgical adult patients. Additionally, students work in teams to provide collaborative nursing care in high-fidelity simulation scenarios. This course emphasizes principles of patient safety, communication, teamwork, and the development of clinical judgment. This course requires 30 contact hours.

Note: NURS 250L requires 2 hours of skills lab each week.
Grade Note(s): A grade of B- or better is required to pass this course.
Component Corequisite(s): NURS 250, NURS 250L and NURS 250C. The lecture, lab (L) and clinical (C) components of each NURS course must be successfully completed during the same semester. All component co-requisites must be repeated if a failing grade is received in any one of them.
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 222, BIOL 222L, BIOL 312, NURS 126, NURS 217 , NURS 217L , NURS 325 and NURS 325C
Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Reflect critically on their actions and decisions made in the simulated care environment.
2. Perform select nursing and health assessment skills in the simulated care of adult patients according to current professional practice standards.
3. Exhibit developing clinical judgment skills when making clinical decisions in a simulated care environment.
4. Communicate effectively with patients, families, and the interprofessional team to promote collaboration, quality, and safety for optimal outcomes in the simulated care environment.