Advanced Nursing Skills

Advanced Nursing Skills will build on intermediate skills and focus on advanced skills related to critical care nursing practice, including closed chest drainage systems, electrocardiograms (EKGs), palliative care, ventilators, disaster management and transition to practice. Clinical judgement and problem solving are emphasized in the assessment of critically ill patients and prioritizing patients’ needs and nursing interventions. Students are required to be successful on course performance assessments to progress to Adult Health III clinical. Co-requisites: Prerequisite Courses: All prelicensure nursing curriculum courses from previous terms.

Official catalog text — WGU-authored.