Basic Nursing Skills

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Basic Nursing Skills will introduce foundational principles of nursing process and the clinical judgement model, health assessment techniques, and communication skills needed to care for diverse adult patients across the lifespan. Skills will focus on the concepts of vital signs, medication administration, infection control, nutrition, elimination, mobility, oxygenation, and skin integrity. Students are required to be successful on lab assessments to progress to Adult Health1 clinical. Co-requisites: D443 and D444