COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
CANTON, NEW YORK
COURSE OUTLINE
NURS 202 Medical-Surgical Nursing II
Prepared By: Brenda Worley and Mary Ann Caswell
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE, HEALTH AND
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
, Nursing
Department
April 2015
A. TITLE: Medical-Surgical Nursing II
B. COURSE NUMBER: NURS 202
C. CREDIT HOURS: 10
D. WRITING INTENSIVE COURSE: No
E. COURSE LENGTH: 15 weeks
F. SEMESTER(S) OFFERED: Spring
G. HOURS OF LECTURE, LABORATORY, RECITATION, TUTORIAL,
ACTIVITY: 6 hours class lecture, 2 hours practice lab, 10 hours clinical per week Note:
1 credit= 50 minutes of lecture or 180 minutes of clinical/practice lab per week
H. CATALOG DESCRIPTION: This course focuses on application of nursing process to
care of adult patients experiencing medical-surgical conditions along the health-illness
continuum. Topics covered include those related to acute/complex cardiovascular,
neurologic, hematologic, integumentary, immunologic, sensory, reproductive, emergency,
and disaster events or disorders. Students will apply their learning to clients in medical-
surgical clinical settings. Skills performed in the nursing laboratory on campus facilitate
the transfer of knowledge from the classroom to the clinical setting.
I. PRE-REQUISITES/CO-COURSES:
PRE-REQUISITES
• NURS 106: Maternal Child Nursing
• NURS 107: Mental Health Nursing
• NURS 201: Medical Surgical Nursing I
• BIOL 209: Microbiology
• PSYC 225: Human Development or PSYC 220: Child Development
PRE-REQUISITES/CO-COURSES
• NURS 204: Pharmacology IV
J. GOALS (STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES):
Course Student Learning Objective (SLO) Institutional SLO