Opportunities are provided for the student to utilize the nursing process and caring concepts when interacting with patients who have emotional problems and behavioral disorders. Additional fee required. NUR 105 if entered with prior learning. This course is required of individuals entering the Nursing program at the University with credit for previous learning in nursing. It is designed to acquaint the student with the philosophy, purpose and objectives, conceptual framework and expected competencies of graduates of the associate degree nursing program.
Consideration is given to the comparison of the four types of programs leading to nursing licensure.
The learner is also introduced to the nursing process, careplans, medication cards, departmental policies, nasograstric tubes, intravenous therapy, and ethical-legal considerations. Practice in veni-puncture and nasograstric tube insertion in the nursing lab is included, as well as a review of basic mathematics as related to medications. Additional fee required. This clinical course builds on the concepts presented in all first year Nursing courses. Major emphasis is on the individual's deviations from health, use of the nursing process and caring concepts in assisting the patient with more complex needs in adapting to stressors and regaining or maintaining homeostasis.