Courses in the Nursing Major integrate instruction toward meeting the Lourdes College Learning Outcomes across the curriculum. Emphasis is placed on the provision of holistic care to individual clients. Supervised didactic, learning laboratory, and clinical laboratory experiences provide a foundation for the delivery of basic health care. Examines the historical, political, ethical and legal dimensions of health.
Emphasis is placed on theoretical and philosophical foundations of health professions.
Explore the importance of individuality in defining health. Emphasis is placed on the collection of data and the development of nursing diagnoses as the basis for promoting client adaptation. Interrelated classroom and supervised laboratory experience focuses on interviewing, record review, observation, physical examination, instrumentation, and documentation. Earn Credit for NUR 314-315. Develops the capacity for clinical nursing judgment based on an adaptive nursing conceptual framework.