Basic Nursing II

Catalog description

This elective course provides didactic, laboratory, and clinical training in selected advanced nurse aid procedures. Emphasis is placed on the role of the Nurse Aide II: sterile technique; respiratory care to include oxygen therapy, oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal suctioning, and tracheostomy care; wound care; peripheral IV assistive activities; elimination procedures to include ostomy care, urinary catheterization and fecal impaction; and nutrition and alternative methods for providing nourishment. Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to demonstrate the knowledge and safe performance of skills necessary to qualify as a Nurse Aide II with the North Carolina Board of Nursing.