Facilitates application of the nursing process in health and to the care of adults with relatively uncomplicated medical-surgical conditions. The nursing skills laboratory is used for demonstration, practice, and performance evaluation of basic nursing skills. Local health care and community agencies are used for clinical experiences. Emphasis is placed on geriatric nursing. Foundations for this course include communication, the whole person, and the nursing process as the critical thinking model.
Flexible scheduling is required.
Four credit hours. Includes concepts related to health and to nursing in the care of adults with increasingly complex medical-surgical conditions. Foundations for this course include communication, the whole person, and the nursing process as the critical thinking model. Three credit hours. Facilitates application of the nursing process in health and to the care of adults with increasingly complex medical-surgical conditions.