Nursing Across the Lifespan II (NURS 220)

Term: 2021-2022 School Year Spring Term

Faculty

Mrs. Myra WerkmeisterShow MyInfo popup for Mrs. Myra Werkmeister

STI Position:

Adjunct Nursing Clinical Instructor

Experience:

Graduated with LPN in 2012 from Western Iowa Tech in Sioux City. LPN-RN at Southeast Tech in 2014. I Graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2017. Most of my background is in Long Term Care, Hospice Care and some Correctional Health experience. I have always wanted to mentor students and help them learn to love the career path they have chosen.

Description

Lifespan II includes and expands on knowledge from prior courses that concentrate on the health and illness for individuals and families across the lifespan. By collaborating with peers and other members of the healthcare team, and the use of effective critical thinking skills, the students will develop plans of care for patients in a variety of settings. Use of the nursing process, evidence-based practice and quality improvement initiatives will enable the student to integrate health promotion, nutritional concepts and the use of technology, including electronic medical records, into their individual plans of care. Subject areas include caring for the client experiencing perioperative care, altered sensory output, respiratory, circulatory, vascular, hematologic, integumentary, immune disorders, cancer, pain, and critically ill episodes. There is a clinical component to this course. Prerequisite: NURS 211, NURS 211 LS, NURS 212, NURS 201 Corequisite: NURS 220 S