Expands on the concepts of nursing knowledge and caring to support growth and development over the life cycle. The emphasis of the course is on universal, developmental, and/or health deviation self-care requirements. The student focuses on the educative/supportive and partially compensatory nursing systems and employs effective therapeutic communication to care for patients with selected self-care deficits throughout the life cycle. Professional, ethical, and legal standards of nursing practice are utilized to provide holistic and culturally-sensitive nursing care throughout the life cycle. Planned learning experiences provide the student with the opportunity to coordinate environmental and technological resources in the delivery of patient care. Opportunities for analysis of principles and concepts of nursing knowledge are provided through Clinical Resource Center experiences and patient care assignments in various settings. To facilitate the teaching/learning process, ongoing evaluations occur through interactions between student and faculty. Students enrolled in this course will be charged a $500 per semester clinical surcharge. Students enrolled in this course will be charged $615 to help cover the costs associated with ATI online practice and proctored assessments and tutorials, detailed individualized remediation plans, and end-of-program testing to prepare them for the NCLEX-RN licensure exam. Clinical sites include mental health and medical/surgical settings.
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All nursing courses integrate theory and clinical experience. Failure to receive a satisfactory grade in either theory or the clinical experience portion of the course will result in a failing grade. All Nursing major field courses must be passed before proceeding to the next level. A grade of C or higher is required in BIOL 195C, BIOL 196C, BIOL 202C, and a math elective (MATH 120C or higher) to enter or progress in the nursing courses.
MATH 251C strongly recommended
Prerequisites
Students are advised to follow this schedule:
Semester 2:
- Prerequisites: NURS 115C, ENGL 101C, PSYC 105C, BIOL 195C
- Co-requisites: BIOL 196C, PSYC 220C
Semester 3:
- Prerequisites: NURS 116C, PSYC 220C, BIOL 195C, BIOL 196C
- Co-requisites: BIOL 202C, MATH 120C or higher-level math (MATH 251C strongly recommended)
- Utilize the nursing process and evidence-based practice to assist the patient to meet Universal, Developmental and/or Health Deviation Self-Care Requirements.
- Analyze principles and concepts of nursing knowledge using critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and information technology skills.
- Organize and provide for the self-care deficits of the patient throughout the lifecycle with a focus on educative/ supportive and partially compensatory nursing systems.
- Employ effective therapeutic communication when interacting with the patient and health care team.
- Organize nursing care for the patient with a range of self-care deficits throughout the life cycle.
- Coordinate resources to assist the patient in maintaining a safe and supportive environment.
- Utilize the concept of caring to provide holistic and culturally-sensitive nursing care to the patient throughout the life cycle.
- Apply professional, ethical, and legal standards that support individual practice within nursing.