FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING

Catalog description

This course introduces students to basic nursing principles and skills. The fundamentals of nursing care, communication skills and intervention to meet the needs of the client are discussed: hygiene, physical and psychological physiotherapy, safety, prevention, and control of infections considering legal ethical principles and the cultural diversity of the client. The student is introduced to the nursing process considering cultural diversity, ethnicity, and the stages of growth and development. Requires three (3) hours of theory and six (6) hours of clinical experience per week. The clinical component course requires students to complete 45 hours of clinical skills (22.5 of skills and 22.5 of clinical simulation) and 45 of clinical practice in the assigned area for a total of 90 hours.