PN 108B - Practical Nursing II

1. Provide safe, quality, evidence-based, patient-centered nursing care in an acute care medical/surgical setting to adults and older adults of various cultures.
2. Use quality improvement processes to improve the care of adults and older adults.
3. Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team, the patient, and the patient’s support persons when managing patient care in an acute medical/surgical setting. (Human Relations)
4. Use information management systems and patient care technology in the acute care settings to communicate, update knowledge, avoid error, and support decision-making while caring for adults and older adults.
5. Apply clinical reasoning to promote health, as well as develop an understanding of emotional, social and physiological determinants on health in acute care adults and older adults.
6. Apply management theories and legal, ethical, and professional standards in practice as a Licensed Practical Nurse.