Fundamentals of Nursing Practice and Clinical Ethics

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This course will focus on the concepts, skills, and attitudes fundamental to professional nursing practice within a framework of clinical decision-making. The course will emphasize critical thinking, the establishment of the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship, and the development of the student's beginning comprehension of the patient's physiologic and psychological responses to health and illness. Students will have lab experiences in the Duquesne University Nursing Learning Laboratory and clinical agencies where fundamental nursing skills can be practiced. Students will also receive an introduction to the main issues, views, laws, and policies within clinical ethics in order to build a foundation for ethically sound nursing practice and the use of moral reasoning to resolve ethical dilemmas that arise in practice.