NUR 102 - Fundamentals

Credits: 8

This course is offered to students in the traditional AND track. This course focuses on the basic nursing skills, introduces a variety of topics that focus on the scope of practice for a registered nurse covering principles, concepts, and processes. In order to provide students with a holistic approach for nursing the following topics will be presented; the nature of nursing, contemporary healthcare, health beliefs and practices, promoting psychological needs, and integral aspects of nursing. Application of the nursing process is a problem-solving approach to clinical judgement to performing components of nursing care. Emphasis is placed on the physical, psychosocial and physiological needs of the patient to provide a safe environment throughout all aspects of patient care, included are health assessment and promotion of psychological health. A laboratory and clinical component are included.

Theory: 4
Lab: 3
Clinical: 1