May 09, 2025  
Yakima Valley College Catalog 2024-2025 
    
Yakima Valley College Catalog 2024-2025

NRSE 230: Nursing VI Theory

4 Cr
Quarters: F, W, S
This is the final theory course in the Associate degree sequence.  The focus is on the nursing care of selected populations experiencing complex, multi-system alterations in the neurological, immune and endocrine systems.  Home healthcare is also discussed.  Planning and evaluating safe, evidence-based, client-centered nursing care to diverse populations across the lifespan is the foundation of the course; this encompasses the concepts of clinical reasoning, quality improvement, information systems, team collaboration, and ethics.
Prerequisite: Completion of NRSE 220  with a grade of C or better, and NRSE 221  with a grade of CR.