NURS101 — Foundations of Nursing
NURS 101 - Foundations of Nursing NURS 101 - Foundations of Nursing (4 Lecture, 1 Learning Lab Lecture, 2 Learning Lab, 3 Demo Skills Lab, 10 Clinical Lab) 9 Cumulative GPA, MATH 020 Elementary Algebra . This first clinical nursing course focuses on providing safe basic nursing care utilizing techniques based on scientific rationales. Concepts related to wellness states, growth and development in the adult client, principles of communication, cultural diversity, legal and ethical standards of health care, nutrition for health maintenance, safe and comfortable environment, pharmacotherapeutics, the nursing process and fluid and electrolytes are introduced. The student is guided in developing clinical reasoning skills for problem solving to be used in the classroom, college lab and clinical lab settings. The student will begin to explore wellness states associated with various developmental levels, and alterations in wellness states associated with surgical clients, clients with fluid and electrolyte imbalances and clients with cancer. The college laboratory, the clinical laboratory and community experiences provide settings for the student to develop basic care skills. This course acquaints the student with the role of the nurse as a provider of care, a manager of care and as a member of the profession of nursing. This is accomplished through competencies reflective of holistic human needs within a practice philosophy which incorporates clinical reasoning, collaboration, thera
Prerequisites: BIOL125, MATH020