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Oct 23, 2026
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NURS 2490 - Health Restoration: Acute/Complex Alterations Experiential Learning
Credits: 3
Catalog Description
This course combines the theoretical principles and concepts learned in previous semesters and co-requisite coursework in the application of client care. Evidence-based practice is used to support appropriate focused assessments and management of care in clients experiencing an acute or chronic alteration in health. Emphasis is placed on understanding the lived experience of chronically ill clients and families experiencing an acute change in health status and achieving an optimal level of wellbeing. Professional standards of practice for the care of clients across the lifespan are incorporated. The student will perform in the role of a professional nurse within the health care team and engage in peer and self-evaluation.
Prerequisite(s) (must have a grade of C or better): NURS 2360 , NURS 2362 , NURS 2390 , BIOL 1900 or BIOL 2201 , PSYC 1110 or PSYC 2235
Prerequisite(s) (must have a grade of C or better) or Corequisite(s): PHIL 1110 or PHIL 1200 , and CMST 1110 , CMST 2210 , or CMST 2220
Corequisite(s): NURS 2460 and NURS 2462
Additional fee to student: Yes
Learner Outcomes
- Conduct holistic client assessments including focused and comprehensive assessments.
- Identify the impact of determinants of health for clients when assessing discharge needs.
- Incorporate evidence, clinical judgment, and client preferences in planning care for diverse clients to restore health to those who are experiencing complex alterations in health.
- Provide safe, holistic client-centered nursing care in promoting optimal health across the lifespan.
- Evaluate the impact of holistic nursing interventions on client care outcomes.
- Utilize effective professional communication techniques within a multidisciplinary health care team.
- Reflect on personal and professional actions based on a set of shared core nursing values.
- Demonstrate professional standards of moral, ethical, and legal conduct.
Major Areas of Course Content
- Professional Integrity for the Foci of Care of Acute/Complex 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/ Complex 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/ Complex 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/ Complex 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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