Intro to Client-Centered Care 1A

Catalog description

Term 1-A is designed to provide the student with an orientation to the College and an introduction to the role of the student nurse in the nursing profession. It includes a discussion of all the policies and procedures applicable to the Program. As a fundamental course, Term 1-A intends to initiate an understanding of basic nursing skills and concepts required to assist clients in meeting their healthcare needs. Concepts and skills included are growth and development, effective communication, interpersonal skills, physical assessment, documentation, safety, emergency procedures, infection control, and death and dying. Medical terminology, Orem's self- caretheory, and the nursing process arealsointroduced. An active skills lab component is integrated within the term. Term 1-A provides the framework for developing the initial skills required for all subsequent specialty areas of clinical nursing.