ADN214 — Meeting Human Needs VI
ADN 214 - Meeting Human Needs VI ADN 214 - Meeting Human Needs VI The focus of this course is on the nursing care of persons who have actual/potential problems related to the health patterns of Cognitive/Perceptual and Coping/Stress. 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 care to persons in specialty and general medical/surgical units, as well as community settings. Students assume the roles of the Associate Degree nurse with increasing autonomy. When caring for persons experiencing disruptions in Cognitive/Perceptual, and Coping/Stress, the student will: Demonstrate accountability within the legal ethical and regulatory framework of nursing. Appraise therapeutic communication techniques to meet patient and family needs. Evaluate patients across the life cycle with focus on patients experiencing disruptions in neurosensory function and patients with neoplastic disorders. Adapt interventions to provide coordinated, safe and culturall