Students have the opportunity to apply the nursing process in administering health care to children and their families in a variety of hospital and ambulatory health care settings. Students utilize the nursing process and therapeutic communication skills with clients in acute care and ambulatory psychiatric agencies. A study of health assessment with application to the nursing process. Guided observations and practice are used to reinforce student learning. Limited to R.N. students.
Students are accountable for the application of the nursing process in selected care settings.
Nursing Research Study of the research process, the language of research, hypothesis formulation and testing, data collection and analysis as they relate to the profession of nursing. Discussion of the nurse as a consumer of research with critical evaluation of selected research endeavors. Nursing research project required. The intent of this learning experience is to expose the student to the basic steps of the research process and their relationship to nursing. Incorporated into the study of each theory are the historical development and associated current issues.