Mar 29, 2024  
NIACC Catalog 2019-2020 
    
NIACC Catalog 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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ADN - 604 Nursing IV


(12 s.h.)

Prerequisite: All prerequisites and corequisites for course work in previous terms in the ADN program. ADN - 603 Nursing III .
Corequisite: SPC - 112 Public Speaking .
Nursing IV (ADN-604) utilizes the nursing process and critical thinking with an emphasis on evaluation in meeting client needs relating to nutrition, elimination, and sensory stimulation across the lifespan. This course builds on the progressive development of the student’s knowledge and skills while focusing on the concepts of management principles, legal, and ethical aspects for the nursing profession and issues related to current health care trends. The management experience is the culmination of the student’s academic and clinical education which the student will have an opportunity to care for a team of clients and apply basic skills in leadership, prioritization, and conflict management to provide a safe and effective environment. Clinical experiences include opportunities to demonstrate and evaluate health teaching, health promotion, and maintenance, physiological and psychosocial integrity concepts while addressing culturally diverse needs of complex clients in medical-surgical, rehabilitation, and a variety of health care settings.

Lecture Hours: 105
Lab Hours: 0
Clinical Hours: 225
Work Experience Hours: 0

Equivalent to 90-211, ADNS-802.



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