Nursing Concepts 1B

Catalog description

Course allows students to apply concepts of professional nursing practice and health promotion. The nursing process is emphasized as students assist patients with alterations in basic human needs and adaptation to acute and chronic health conditions. The course focuses on applying the nursing process with respect to patient preference, values and needs. Students will implement therapeutic communication, assessment techniques, and the application of intermediate nursing skills. Principles of Evidence Based Practice (EBP) will be presented in relation to safe nursing care. Nursing skills are taught in the nursing lab and the college’s Simulation Hospital, and implemented in health care facilities.