Laboratory experiences are required. Fundamentals of medications and their diagnostic, therapeutic, and curative effects. Includes nursing interventions utilizing the nursing process in providing holistic care. Specific detailed learning objectives are developed for each course by the faculty. On-site clinical instruction, supervision, evaluation, and placement is the responsibility of the college faculty.
Clinical experiences are unpaid external learning experiences.
Course may be repeated if topics and learning outcomes vary. Focus is on the care of the well and the ill child utilizing the nursing process in providing family centered holistic nursing care. Further study of common medical-surgical problems of culturally diverse clients including concepts of mental illness. Content incorporates knowledge necessary to make the transition from the student role to the roles of the graduate vocational nurse as an integral component of the multi-disciplinary healthcare team. Introduction to the principles and theories of positive mental health and human behaviors.