Spring Semester 2024 Catalog

PNSG 2220 MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING II

Credits

4

This second course in a series of four focuses on client care including using the nursing process, performing assessments, using critical thinking, engaging in client education and displaying cultural competence across the life span and with attention to special populations. Topics include: health management and maintenance; prevention of illness; care of the individual as a whole; as well as pathological diseases, disorders and deviations from the normal state of health, client care, treatment, pharmacology, nutrition and standard precautions with regard to the endocrine, gastrointestinal, and urinary system.

Lecture Hours

45

Lab Hours

30

Corequisite

PNSG 2320