Practical Nursing Skills Lab I

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The focus of this course is demonstration of the foundations of practical nursing with an emphasis on patient care across the lifespan. Content includes physical assessment of adult clients with an emphasis on geriatric populations. Nursing concepts include tissue integrity & maintenance, intake and output, specimen collection, and post-mortem care. Dosage calculation and drug administration (oral, topical, rectal) are also covered as students prepare to enter the clinical setting. The concepts of Watson’s Caring Science and Human Caring Theory, and Quality and Safety in Education Nurses (QSEN) will be utilized throughout this course