This course focuses on the application of the nursing process in the provision of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention and strengthening the adult patient/client lines of defense and resistance to environmental stressors. The student will provide care for the critical stable patient/client experiencing stressors affecting the physiological, psychological, sociocultural, developmental, and spiritual variables. The student will provide care within the progressive care environment. This course includes 2.5 credit hours of theory (37 clock-hours) and 1.5 credit hours of clinical (67 clock-hours). The course meets the requirement for an oral communication course (see Communication Requirements in the Academic Section of the Academic Bulletin).

Admission to the Nursing Program.