FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING CARE

Catalog description

This course introduces students to the concepts and nursing skills which proved the foundation for nursing theory and practice. Concepts related to physiological and psychosocial needs, growth and development, stress, and adaptation, the nursing process and the roles of the associate degree nurse are introduced. Other concepts that will be studied are communication ethical and legal implications for nursing practice, nursing skills, cultural diversity, the teaching- learning process, nutrition, pharmacology, and critical thinking. A major focus of this course is the identification of the principles of nursing care which meet the physiological and psychosocial needs of culturally diverse clients from older child through later maturity. The student gains experience in the performance of beginning nursing skills in the skills, simulation, and clinical laboratories. The in the skills lab setting, the student practices and return demonstrates the foundational skills needed to provide care for needs of clients. In the simulation and clinical setting, the student is assisted to utilize the nursing process to meet the physiological and psychosocial needs of adult clients who require assistance with basic needs and then later in the semester the students will attend clinical in the hospital setting. The development of assessment skills is emphasized. The student utilizes communication techniques with faculty, staff, and interdisciplinary team members regarding care of assigned clients. The student is guided in adhering to legal and ethical standard in the simulation/clinical laboratory.