This non-clinical course introduces the student to professional nursing. This practice discipline is examined using concepts relevant to nursing. This course focuses on the development of the basic technologies of assessment. Selected experiences with essentially healthy individuals enable students to integrate knowledge and skills of physical assessment. This introductory clinical course focuses on the nursing process through selected theoretical knowledge and nursing technologies.
Clinical experiences occur in a variety of settings.
Nursing 201 and Nursing 202. This foundational course focuses on classifications, physiological actions, adverse effects and responses to medication therapy. This course includes the basic principles of human nutrition as it applies to all life cycle stages with emphasis on nutrients and their utilization in the human body. Food patterns, availability, acceptability and safety are stressed as they relate to individuals and population groups. Open to all students.