Roles and responsibilities of the LPN and RN as well as other health care providers are emphasized. The focus includes educational levels in nursing and an introduction to nursing organizations, professional journals, and legislative bodies concerned with the practice of nursing. Basic needs emphasized are affiliation, safety, comfort, nutrition, and elimination. Concepts related to death and dying are also emphasized. Utilization of the nursing process is introduced.
Clinical experience emphasizes care of the geriatric client and concepts of mental health.
I qualifies the student for certification as a nurse's aide. The first of consecutive courses building on NURS 101. Focus on deviations from health and wellness in relation to humankind's basic needs in adult and pediatric client. Purpose is to increase knowledge and skill in providing nursing care to meet the physiological and psychosocial needs of clients. Pharmacology is introduced, with opportunity for medication experience in classroom and clinical area.