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Aug 06, 2026
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NAD 200 - Nursing 3
Credit(s): 9
Lecture Hours: 6
Lab Hours: 9
This course will focus on the care of individual adult patients and families with selected complex
medical/surgical health alterations and childbearing women and newborns. Students will
continue to expand their theoretical knowledge, use of the nursing process, and nursing skills
as well as critical thinking and decision-making ability to delegate and prioritize nursing care.
Emphasis is placed on reproduction and prenatal period, normal and high-risk pregnancies
during the intra-partum and postpartum periods, high risk conditions of infant and newborn
assessment, family dynamics and the promotion of healthy behaviors in patients. Emphasis will
also be placed on the care of patients and families with health alterations in neurosensory and
cardiac and vascular problems. Concepts of patient-centered care, quality improvement,
informatics, evidence-based practice, safety, teamwork and collaboration, leadership and
professionalism are integrated throughout the course. Learning experiences are provided in the
classroom, audio-visual tutorials, skills lab, simulation and clinical settings. Students will provide
care for individual adult patients and families with complex medical/surgical health alterations
and childbearing families in acute care, outpatient, community and/or long term care and
rehabilitation settings. Satisfactory (S) performance in clinical and skills lab and a minimum
grade of C in theory are required in order to pass the course.
Applicable toward graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AAS, AGS and Certificates where applicable. (1.2)
Offered: Fall
Prerequisite(s): NAD 125 , , NAD 107 , BIO 200 , and if applicable, NAD 181 , if LPN-RN Articulation. All prerequisites must be passed with a “C” or better in order to progress in the program.
Corequisites: NAD 205 with a minimum grade of “C”.
General Education: Not Applicable
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