FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING and ENFE 3119: FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING LAB

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four (4) hours of lecture and six (6) hours of laboratory per week. Co -requisite ENFE 3119. Pre -requisites: BIOL 3742 -3744, ENFE 3100. In this course, students are introduced to the theory of self-care. Students visualize the human being as an individual within a society and a cultur e with universal needs of self -care, deviation from development and health deviation, complex and at the level of secondary intervention. Students are initiated into the role of self -care provider in partially compensatory system, the role of educator, counselor, and client and family advocate. They learn to recognize the legal aspects that affect the nursing profession, and the legal and ethical considerations when providing care. In the clinical laboratory, students learn the basic nursing skills which will guide them as agents of self-care and in their independent and interdependent functions.