Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

1. Demonstrate clinical skills in a safe and effective manner.
2. Safely calculate medication dosages.
3. Apply critical thinking through the nursing process in providing care of selected adult residents in the long-term health care setting.
4. Use reflective thinking and writing as a strategy to develop clinical problem solving skills.
5. Use the nursing process to identify health problems of the resident.
6. Formulate an individualized plan of care for a patient in a long-term health care setting utilizing the nursing process and prioritizing with Maslow's Hierarchy of human Needs.
7. Utilize nursing interventions to modify human responses to health and illness.
8. Apply the developmental theories of Erikson and Havighurst to selected adult residents.
9. Identify nursing strategies that provide cost efficient nursing care.
10. Collaborate with other health team members through verbal and non-verbal communication in providing nursing care.
11. Demonstrate legal and ethical accountability in providing care for selected adult residents in the long-term care facility.

Linkage of course to the Associate of Applied Sciences Degree Mission and Outcomes, Nursing Program Mission, Nursing Program Outcomes and General Education Outcomes.

Link to the Associate of Applied Sciences Degree Mission and Outcomes

The purpose of the Associate of Applied Science degree is to provide employment-related knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in a chosen field of study.

Students who complete programs in occupational areas are expected to demonstrate that they

1. Know subject area of the degree
2. Are able to acquire skills and perform tasks necessary for employment or career enhancement

Link to the Nursing Program Mission

The mission of the nursing program at Western Nevada College is to meet the nursing educational needs of the service area. The program prepares qualified students to function as entry-level registered nurses and transfer to higher degree programs.

Graduates are prepared to function in a variery of health care settings, providing culturally sensitive, holistic nursing care to individuals and families across the life span. The nursing faculty supports graduate competency in an evolving and complex health care environment by facilitating the students' development of clinical judgement, promoting professional behaviors, and fostering the value of lifelong learning.

Link to at least one Nursing Program Educational Outcome

Utilize the nursing process in a competent and caring manner to safely meet the bio/psycho/social/cultural and spiritual needs of patients across the lifespan in a variety of health care settings.

Integrate knowledge derived from the bio/psycho/social sciences, humanities, and nursing to achieve deliberative and competent decision-making that is grounded in evidence based practice to achieve best practice outcomes.

Link to at least one General Education Outcome

Have problem solving, creative, and critical thinking skills.