The course focuses on the use of the nursing process and the 6 functions of clinical judgment to provide recommended standards of care for patients with moderately severe health care alterations. Emphasis is on the role of the Registered Nurse in utilizing the nursing process and evidence-based nursing practice to assist patients requiring moderate adaptation to meet alterations in psycho-social, perioperative, cardiovascular, immunologic, hematologic, respiratory, musculoskeletal, circulatory, metabolic, endocrine, elimination, skin integrity, sensory, reproductive, and neurologic function. Leadership principles based on planning, managing, and delivering health care in interdisciplinary teams, including delegation and supervision of nursing care being delivered by un-licensed personnel will be covered. Knowledge of disaster and bioterrorism will also be included in addition to basic comprehensive nursing concepts in the care of patients with trauma/multi-system trauma. Treatments performed and medications administered will be under the supervision of the faculty. A safe practice of faculty to student ratio is 1:5 at all clinical sites. Students must pass all nursing math theory and clinical components in order to pass the course and continue in the program. (Note: 6 lecture credits, 2 clinical laboratory credits)