PNR 22 — Medical Surgical Nursing I
This course is designed to introduce Practical Nursing (PN) students to their role in caring for older adult and disabled clients, in a variety of health care settings. PN students will learn how to identify, prevent and manage the most common clinical problems associated with chronic medical and psychosocial disorders. With assistance, PN students will utilize the nursing process, Maslow's Hierarchy of Basic Human Needs, therapeutic communication principles and cultural sensitivity to collect data and implement a holistic plan of care. This course has a clinical requirement. A clinical failure results in a failure for the course.