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Jul 01, 2024
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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog
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NUR 365 - Gerontological Nursing
Credits: 4
The course is designed to further develop knowledge of the practicing nurse in the area of gerontology nursing. NUR365 will guide students in reflecting upon their own and society’s views on aging and how the gerontology population impacts the nation’s health policy and nursing care demands. Theories of aging with the physical and functional changes accompanying aging will be addressed for providing safe care and promoting healthy practices. The course will explore acute and chronic states of illness and how evidence-based practice and quality care can promote health, prevent further illness or complications, and portray differing response to illness with physical or functional changes. Quality of life measures for the older adult living with chronic illness, transition through care settings, disaster emergency planning, delirium states versus dementia, palliative and end-of-life care, and elder abuse will be emphasized.
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