Nursing Therapeutic Interventions: Care of Individuals

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Credits: 4 60 contact hours Prerequisite: NU 301 , NU 325 . Concurrent enrollment: NU 330 , NU 328 , NU 330 . This course provides the novice nursing student with the knowledge to promote and maintain health of culturally diverse individuals. Emphasis is place on a beginning knowledge of cognitive, interpersonal, and psychomotor skills necessary to implement fundamental nursing activities. Care of individuals, across the lifespan, experiencing acute health care problems will be addressed utilizing AACN’s The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education and the American Nurses Association (ANA) Standards of Professional Nursing Practice . Note: For each nursing course with an accompanying clinical course a grade of “C” or above is required in the theory course with a minimum grade of C in the associated clinical course in order to progress. If this does not occur, both the theory and the clinical course must be retaken together