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Nursing 2115 Information
Mental Health and Medical Surgical Nursing
This course introduces the student to nursing care for patients of all ages
with stressors affecting: alterations in mental health and behavior, autoimmune
disorders, neoplasms, endocrine, hepatic, biliary, gastrointestinal,
urinary/renal, hematopoietic functioning. All units contain physical, cultural
and psychological stressors which are considered as co-contributors to the
development of various disease processes. Developmental and legal/ethical
are integrated throughout the course. Specific stressors interfering with
regulation, nutrition, homeostasis, elimination and adaptive coping patterns are
examined in terms of the nursing process. Specific patient problems and their
influence on other basic needs, as described by Maslow are identified.
(Prerequisites: Completion of NUR 1125,Nur 1128, NUR 122, all science classes
and PSY 206.) (Corequisite NUR 2118).
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