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NURS 101 - Fundamentals Patient Care |
Concurrent enrollment in or completion of BIOL 203.
Adult, child, and infant CPR certification required
prior to clinical. This foundational course introduces
students to the practice of professional nursing
as a therapeutic process of caring, knowledge,
judgment and skill. The core concepts of individual,
professional nursing, and health care are an organizing
framework. Emphasis is placed on the concepts of
health, wellness and illness, professional behaviors,
accountability, assessment, caring interventions for
basic human needs, clinical decision making, safety,
communication, evidence-based practice, legal issues,
stress and coping, culture, and health care systems.
Students will integrate theory into practice by caring
for adult and older patient’s basic needs in long term
and acute care settings. The student is expected to
demonstrate competency of selected basic nursing
skills in the Nursing Lab.
4.000 TO 8.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 OR 12.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Hybrid (Synchronous), Interactive Video Study, Lecture/Clinical, Lecture, On-line Study (Synchronous) All Sections for this Course Science/Math/Technology Division Nursing Department Course Attributes: Applied Learning, Applied Learning-Clinical, Health Requirement, Malpractice Insurance Fee, Nursing Lab Fee |