Nursing Skills Practicum III

Catalog description

In this course, students will apply persistent hands-on practice in the skills lab. They will assimilate mastery of the basic to complex nursing skills based on following nursing concepts: medical and surgical asepsis, physical hygiene, vital signs, nutrition, body mechanics, elimination, fluid and electrolyte, acid-base balance and medication administration. Students will use the appropriate equipment and gain skill competency by practicing basic nursing skills in a safe, supportive and supervised environment in the on campus skills lab. The student's competency as it relates to physical assessment, administration of blood products, venipuncture of all variation, and oxygenation will be assessed.