Fundamentals of Nursing

Catalog description

This course focuses on the fundamentals of nursing practice based on the biological, behavioral, social and nursing sciences. The course presents the professional nurse role as the provider of care and explores safety and environment of the healthcare system. The core competencies of patient-centeredness, spirit of nursing, communication, and nursing judgment are interwoven with basic nursing principles of oxygenation, perfusion, fluid/electrolytes, mobility, elimination, and pain. Clinical experiences provide opportunities to implement beginning psychomotor skills including medication administration and the nursing process in the delivery of nursing care.