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Oct 23, 2026
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NURS 1260 - Health Maintenance: Chronic and Palliative Care
Credits: 4
Catalog Description
This course builds on the concepts learned in previous semesters and corequisite coursework and focuses on the ongoing disruption of normal physiological and psychological health and the nursing care of clients. A holistic perspective is applied to caring for clients encountering chronic illness across the lifespan. Conceptual knowledge is further developed related to chronic health experiences to enhance clinical judgement.
Prerequisite(s) (must have a grade of C or better): NURS 1160 or NURS 1165 , NURS 1162 , NURS 1190 or NURS 1165 , BIOL 2113 , CHEM 1050 , and ENGL 1130
Prerequisite(s) (must have a grade of C or better) or Corequisite(s): ENGL 1120 /ENGL 1121 and BIOL 2114
Corequisite(s): NURS 1290 or NURS 1265 , and NURS 1262
Additional fee to student: Yes
Learner Outcomes
- Apply theories and concepts from the sciences to build an understanding of chronic pathophysiological processes in the human body across the lifespan.
- Analyze protective and predictive factors which influence the health of clients with chronic physiological and psychological health alterations.
- Apply the nursing process to promote safe and quality outcomes of care for clients experiencing chronic illness and end-of-life issues across the lifespan.
- Utilize inter-professional perspectives and client preferences to inform clinical judgment to plan holistic care for the chronically ill client to promote optimal health.
- Discuss the impact of access, equity, affordability, and social justice on the client with chronic and/or palliative conditions.
Major Areas of Course Content
- Professional Integrity for the Foci of Care of Chronic and Palliative Care
- Attributes and Responsibilities of a Professional Nurse
- Professional Behaviors
- Clinical Decision-Making
- Ethics
- Leadership
- Legal Issues
- Social Justice
- Care Competencies
- Holistic Nursing Process/Client-Centered Care
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Safety and Quality
- Teaching and Learning
- End of Life
- Health Care Delivery
- Managing Care
- Quality Improvement
- Informatics
- Evidence-Based/Evidence Informed Practice
- Health Care Systems and Delivery
- Physiological Integrity for the Foci of Care of Chronic and Palliative Care
- Homeostasis and Regulation
- Fluid & Electrolyte Balance
- Thermoregulation
- Cellular Regulation
- Intracranial & Neural Regulation
- Metabolism
- Elimination
- Sexuality
- Oxygenation
- Perfusion
- Cognition
- Nutrition
- Mood & Affect
- Protection and Movement
- Immunity
- Inflammation
- Infection
- Tissue Integrity
- Sensory Perception
- Comfort
- Mobility
- Psychosocial Integrity for the Foci of Care of Chronic and Palliative Care
- Homeostasis and Regulation
- Family Dynamics
- Self-Concept
- Behavioral Resiliency
- Coping/Stress/Adaptation
- Grief & Loss
- Lifespan Growth and Development for the Foci of Care of Chronic and Palliative Care
- Determinants of Health
- Functional abilities
- Genetics
- Spirituality
- Culture
- Diversity
- Human Growth & Development
- Violence
- Health Care Disparities
Credit for Prior Learning Options
No credit for prior learning option is available for this course.
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