Practical Nursing Foundations

Catalog description

Students will acquire introductory knowledge and principles basic to all nursing courses and practice. Students apply the nursing process to the study of the biopsychosocial spiritual individual by addressing oxygenation-circulation, nutrition-metabolic, sensory-security, and self-concept needs. Students also begin to apply theory as related to nursing's core components: professional behaviors, communication, assessment, clinical decision making, caring interventions, teaching and learning, collaboration and managing care. Students will expand their comprehension of maternal child practical nursing care through theory and clinical experience. With assistance, the student will demonstrate the understanding of becoming a provider of care, a member within the discipline, and coordinator of care for the childbearing family within the guidelines of an individualized plan of care.  Students associate the concepts and skills necessary for safe and accurate drug dosage calculations. Students utilize the nursing process necessary for safe medication administration, problem solving, critical thinking, and practical functions of the nurse through labs, simulations, and clinical experiences. The student pays an additional lesson fee.