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    Course Outline - ELECT2

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    This course introduces students to caring for critically ill patients and those with chronic illnesses or who are older. It focuses on rapid assessment, prioritization, decision-making, and appropriate nursing interventions. Topics covered include acute/critical care nursing, quality healthcare and nursing, and care of the chronically ill and older person. Specific chronic conditions like heart disease and diabetes are addressed. The course also covers standards of care, clinical pathways, quality improvement tools and activities, and community resources for older adults.

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    This course introduces students to caring for critically ill patients and those with chronic illnesses or who are older. It focuses on rapid assessment, prioritization, decision-making, and appropriate nursing interventions. Topics covered include acute/critical care nursing, quality healthcare and nursing, and care of the chronically ill and older person. Specific chronic conditions like heart disease and diabetes are addressed. The course also covers standards of care, clinical pathways, quality improvement tools and activities, and community resources for older adults.

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    This course introduces students to caring for critically ill patients and those with chronic illnesses or who are older. It focuses on rapid assessment, prioritization, decision-making, and appropriate nursing interventions. Topics covered include acute/critical care nursing, quality healthcare and nursing, and care of the chronically ill and older person. Specific chronic conditions like heart disease and diabetes are addressed. The course also covers standards of care, clinical pathways, quality improvement tools and activities, and community resources for older adults.

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    ELECTIVE COURSE

    2
    COURSE DESCRIPTION

    This course is designed to introduce the


    student for critically ill patients. Emphasis is
    on rapid assessment, setting priorities, rapid
    decision-making and appropriate nursing
    interventions. The course may include cases
    with cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal, neuro-
    logic, and multi-system alterations. Further-
    more, it deals with the concepts, principles
    and techniques of nursing care management
    of those with chronic illness in the older
    Person.
    • Course Number : Elect 2
    • Course Name: Elective Course 2
    • Pre-requisites : All Prof’l Subjects
    • Co-requisite : N/A
    • Credits : 2 units lecture
    • Time Frame : 36 hours lecture
    • Placement : 4th Year, 1st Term,
    1st Semester 2019-2020
    TOPICS
    I. ACUTE/CRITICAL CARE NURSING
    1. Critical care nursing concept
    2. Characteristics of acute illness and injury
    3. Nursing Process applied to acutely/criti-
    cally ill patients
    4. Trends in the mgt of acute & critically ill
    patients
    5. Psychosocial concerns in acute illness
    ( role transition, sleep deprivation, sensory
    overload, powerlessness, altered body
    image)
    6. Critical Thinking
    - self directed decision-making skills
    -Critical thinking skills
    TOPICS
    II. QUALITY HEALTH CARE & NURSING
    A. Quality Standards for Health Provider
    Organizations
    1. Patient Rights & Organizational Ethics
    2. Patient Care Standards
    3. Leadership & Management
    4. Human Resource Management
    5. Information Management
    6. Safe Practice & Environment
    7. Improving Performance
    B. Rationale & Steps for Performance Im-
    provement
    C. TQM Program Implementation Steps
    TOPICS
    II. QUALITY HEALTH CARE & NURSING
    D. The Documentation-Evaluation-Action Trend
    1. Documentation
    a) Safety
    b) Consistency of Purpose
    c) Standardization
    d) Improvement

    2. Evaluation
    a) Reflection & Analysis
    b) Integrative

    3. Action
    a) Improved Performance based on the information

    E. The PLAN-DO-CHECK-ACT (PDCA) Cycle


    TOPICS
    II. QUALITY HEALTH CARE & NURSING
    F. Quality Improvement Tools
    1. Problem Identification Tools
    a) Affinity/Diagram
    b) Brainstorming
    c) Flowchart
    d) Nominal Group Technique

    2. Problem Description Tools


    a) Bar Graph
    b) Check Sheet
    c) Force File Analysis
    d) Line Graph
    e) Pareto Chart
    f) Pie Chart
    TOPICS
    II. QUALITY HEALTH CARE & NURSING
    F. Quality Analysis Tools
    3. Problem Identification Tools
    a) Fishbone Diagram
    b) Matrix Diagram
    c) Scatter Plot Diagram

    4. Solution Development Tools


    a) Prioritization Matrix
    b) Process Decision Program Chart (PDPC)
    c) Tree Diagram

    5. Problem Identification Tools


    a) Control Chart
    b) Histogram
    c) Rada Chart
    TOPICS
    II. QUALITY HEALTH CARE & NURSING
    G. Quality Circles & Quality Teams

    H. Quality Improvement Activities Clinical


    Practice Guidelines
    1. Clinical Pathways
    2. Medical/Nursing Audit
    3. Utilization Review
    4. Complaints Analysis
    5. Morbidity & Mortality Meetings
    6. Sentinel Events Monitoring
    7. Credentialing & Clinical Privileging
    8. Variance Reporting & Analysis
    TOPICS
    III. CARE OF THE CHRONICALLY ILL & OLDER PERSON
    A. Chronic Illness
    1. Key Problem Areas Experienced by patients with
    Chronic Illness
    GROUP 2 GROUP 1

    2. Review of the Pathophysiology of Selected Chronic


    conditions – Heart Disease, Hypertension, COPD,
    Diabetes, Cancer, Dementia, Stroke
    3. Specific Assessment Focus & Management of the
    above conditions
    4. Health Education in Chronic Illness
    5. Behavioral Management in Chronic Illness
    a. Coping interventions for powerlessness. Sensory
    deprivation, sleeplessness, etc
    b. Social support system & family in Chronic Illness
    c. Issues& Trends in Chronic Illness
    TOPICS
    III. CARE OF THE CHRONICALLY ILL & OLDER PERSON
    B. Care of the Older Person
    1. Factors that affect normal functioning of the older
    person
    a) Demographic of Aging
    b) Theories of Aging
    c) Socio-economic Aspects of aging
    GROUP 3

    d) The Aging Family & their implication to care

    2. Cultural Factors/Ethnicity
    3. Patterns of Illness of the older person
    4. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
    5. Nsg. Diagnosis R/T Wellness & Chronic Illness
    6. Needs for Self Care, Life Support, Health Mainte-
    nance
    TOPICS
    III. CARE OF THE CHRONICALLY ILL & OLDER PERSON
    B. Care of the Older Person
    7. Health Problems in Chronic Illness : Levels of Care
    8. Principles in the care of older person
    9. Nursing Interventions for Specific Problems of the older
    person
    GROUP 4

    10. Community Resources for the Care of Older Person


    11. Criteria for Evaluation
    a. Indication for Wellness
    b. Responses to care
    12. Gerontological Nursing Concepts; Standards of Care
    13. Ethical Aspects in the care of the older person
    14. Current trends & issues in the care of older person
    15. Evidence based interventions in the care of the older
    person

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