NUR 101 Introduction to Nursing Practice
Introduction to Nursing Practice is the first course of four focused on adult nursing. This course explores the roles of the nurse in relation to providing patient-centered care to patients with common medical/surgical health problems. Emphasis is placed on the use of the nursing process in relation to course content. Course content emphasizes health promotion, disease/injury prevention, disease management, and health maintenance. Themes of pharmacotherapeutics, gerontological considerations, safety, evidence-based practice, therapeutic communication, as well as patient education and advocacy are explored. This course incorporates critical thinking, clinical reasoning, clinical judgment, assessment, and technical skills, into classroom and clinical learning experiences. A structured experience in the simulation lab is included to integrate the nursing process with new nursing interventions. Course content will focus on common health problems related to fluid and electrolytes, pulmonary, neurologic, cardiovascular, urinary, gastrointestinal, and musculoskeletal disorders, problems of metabolism, sensation/ perception, and circulation. Clinical experiences will be conducted in subacute care settings.
7 credit hours (60 hours theory, 135 hours clinical)
Corequisite
NUR 120