ADN211 — Meeting Human Needs III
ADN 211 - Meeting Human Needs III ADN 211 - Meeting Human Needs III The focus of this course is on the nursing care of people who have actual/potential health problems related to Gordon’s health patterns of: Nutrition/Metabolic, Elimination, and Sexuality/Reproductive. Classroom theory and clinical practice integrate all eleven of Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns. Also integrated into this course are our beliefs about human caring, the nature of human beings health and nursing. The concepts of hierarchy of human needs and life cycle are applied to the nursing care of persons with common health problems. The nursing process is utilized as the modality through which critical thinking skills are applied in the delivery of care. Emphasis is placed on health assessment, health promotion, health restoration and health maintenance. The student provides nursing care to persons in specialty and general medical/surgical units, as well as in community settings. Students assume the nursing practice roles of the Associate Degree nurse with direction. Communicate professionally with colleagues and therapeutically with clients. Accurately interpret assessments of maternal/child clients and clients with disruptions in endocrine, renal and GI systems, according to Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns. Apply nursing process in the care of clients experiencing disruptions in human functioning. Support clients and significant others experiencing disruptions in human functioning by incorporatin