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Oct 23, 2026
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NURS 2360 - Health Restoration: Acute/Simple Alterations
Credits: 3
Catalog Description
This course builds on the concepts learned in previous semesters and corequisite coursework and focuses on the acute disruption of normal physiological and psychological health and the nursing care of clients. A holistic perspective is applied across the lifespan in the care of healthy clients experiencing an alteration in health that leads to diagnostic testing, injury, or illness. Conceptual knowledge is further developed related to acute/simple health disruptions to enhance clinical judgement.
Prerequisite(s) (must have a grade of C or better): NURS 1260 , NURS 1262 , NURS 1290 or NURS 1265 , BIOL 2114 , and ENGL 1120 /ENGL 1121
Prerequisite(s) (must have a grade of C or better) or Corequisite(s): BIOL 1900 or BIOL 2201 , PSYC 1110 or PSYC 2235
Corequisite(s): NURS 2362 and NURS 2390
Additional fee to student: Yes
Learner Outcomes
- Apply theories and concepts from the sciences to build an understanding of simple, acute pathophysiological processes in the human body across the lifespan.
- Analyze protective and predictive factors which influence the health of clients with acute/simple physiological and psychological health alterations.
- Apply the nursing process to promote safe and quality outcomes of care for clients experiencing acute illness across the lifespan.
- Utilize inter-professional perspectives and client preferences to inform clinical judgment to plan holistic care for the acutely ill client.
- Discuss the impact of access, equity, affordability, and social justice on the healthcare of the client with acute/simple health alterations.
Major Areas of Course Content
- Professional Integrity for the Foci of Care of Acute/Simple Alterations
- 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 Acute/Simple Alterations
- Homeostasis and Regulation
- Fluid & Electrolyte Balance
- Thermoregulation
- Cellular Regulation
- Intracranial & Neural Regulation
- Metabolism
- Elimination
- Sexuality
- Reproduction
- Oxygenation/Gas Exchange
- 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 Acute/Simple Alterations
- Homeostasis and Regulation
- Family Dynamics
- Self-Concept
- Behavioral Resiliency
- Coping/Stress/Adaptation
- Grief & Loss
- Lifespan Growth and Development for the Foci of Care of Acute/Simple Alterations
- 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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