2020-21 Course Catalog

NUR1400 Foundations of Adult Nursing Care I

This course provides an introduction to the field of nursing. The course is based on an integrated approach of basic nursing content areas that is patient centered. Special emphasis is placed on the roles of the nurse, utilization of the nursing process, and the categories of human functioning. This course also focuses on the needs of geriatric and adult acute-care medical-surgical patients. The student is assisted in the development of psychomotor skills for nursing care of patients and pharmacology principles and skills. The clinical component of the course provides the student the opportunity to validate nursing skills and content for adults in long-term care as well as the hospital setting. 7 Cr Hrs. Course Requirement(s): Program Permission. NUR1003 (STNA) or equivalent must be taken before this course.

Credits

7

Prerequisite

Program Accepted.