Concepts of health and illness as related to the adaptation model of nursing practice. Opportunity for the application of these concepts is provided through simulated clinical experiences in campus laboratory and practice clinical settings. Emphasis is placed on acquiring basic nursing skills and rationale for making assessments and interventions in the solutions of nursing problems based upon scientific principles of nursing care. Five hours lecture, eleven hours of clinical practice and four hours of skills lab a week. Letter grade only.
Emphasis is placed on application of the nursing process to manifested adaptive problems.
Includes patho-physiology related to major health problems in all areas of assessment using the adaptation model of nursing practice. Four hours of lecture, fifteen hours of clinical practice and four hours of skills lab a week. Letter grade only. Designed to assist the Licensed Vocational Nurse to bridge the theory and clinical practice gaps for the registered nursing program. An eight-week course.