Nursing Concepts and Experience I

Catalog description

Provides the traditional RN student to an introduction to nursing curricular concepts, role responsibilities, development of fundamental knowledge, and nursing skills. This course combines theory and practicum experiences. The following concepts will be introduced to beginning students: Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN), patient-centered care, interdisciplinary collaboration and relationships, evidenced-based practice, informatics, the nursing process, and categories of basic patient need. Morning, afternoon, and/or evening hours may be scheduled for clinical experience. A pharmacological with calculations exam will be given. Each student will be required to achieve 90% on the calculation test to pass the course. Prerequisite: Acceptance to RN program, ENG1003 Composition I, MATH1213 Math for Health Professions, BIOL2404 Human Anatomy, and Physiology I must be passed with a grade of “C” or better.