NURS-4802 Caring for the Acutely Ill: Exploring Medical-Surgical Nursing Specialties

Department of Nursing Tanner Health School of Nursing

Description

This course introduces students to the complexities of caring for acutely ill patients across medical-surgical nursing specialties, using Jean Watson s Caring Science theory as a guiding framework to support caring-healing modalities for patient outcomes and nurse well-being.This course is available to HRSA NEP grant trainees and to non-trainee students. Trainees must complete the online and clinical portions (24 hours) of the course for a total of 2 credit hours; non-trainee students can, but are not required to, complete the clinical/lab portion of the course.

Course Hours

Lecture Hours: 1.00 Lab Hours: 1.00Total Hours: 2.00

Semesters

Fall 2026 Semester
Course Title Instructor Campus Section Syllabus
Caring for the Acutely Ill Christina Jordan, MSN, RN, LMT, RMT, CCAP, HNB-BC Distance E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource