ADN 420 - Health and Illness Concepts IIa

1. Integrate behaviors of a professional nurse.
   1. Demonstrate behavior within the legal and ethical scope of a professional nurse.
   2. Examine professional nursing roles related to care of clients with altered health status.
2. Integrate safe nursing practice.
   1. Assess client safety.
   2. Implement unique safety interventions as a component of nursing care.
   3. Examine safety interventions for clients with altered health status.
3. Integrate communication techniques.
   1. Organize communication appropriate for client.
   2. Implement effective written and verbal communication to facilitate effective care for clients with altered health status.
4. Demonstrate cultural competence.
   1. Analyze impact of culture on health care decisions.
   2. Implement nursing care that is culturally competent.
5. Integrate knowledge of nursing care across the lifespan.
   1. Analyze health care concepts across the lifespan and determine how concepts are related.
   2. Structure nursing care to meet client needs in an age and developmentally appropriate manner.
6. Integrate knowledge of health promotion.
   1. Organize appropriate health promotion education.
   2. Outline health promotion materials based on client’s developmental level and psychological abilities.
7. Integrate the nursing process.
   1. Plan and implement an individualized plan of care.
   2. Evaluate the impact of nursing care for clients with altered health status.