Care of Adults I

Catalog description

A five-semester-hour course placed in the second semester of the nursing sequence. There are three hours of class and six hours of lab weekly. It is designed as a continuation of Nursing 1101 and facilitates use of the nursing process when caring for clients who are experiencing interferences with the basic physiologic needs of oxygenation, mobility, and nutrition and the basic safety, love and belonging, and self-esteem needs. Technical skills are refined, and new skills are learned in simulated and actual clinical experiences. Emphasis is placed on specific regulatory mechanisms, and physical and emotional maladaptive responses to stressors occurring with clients during the developmental stage of middle adulthood. Prerequisites: Completion of PSI background check and drug screening. Current health insurance and current physical examination, PPD and immunizations. Current CPR certification approved by the American Heart Association or American Red Cross including infant, child and adult. Completion of NURS 1101, PSYC 1101, BIOL 2210K, and concurrent enrollment in or completion of BIOL 2211K with grades of “C” or better.