NUR 3002 Foundations

The purpose of this course is to examine the basics of nursing that are vital to the core of all professional nursing. This course is designed to describe the general principles of the Nursing Process as it relates to identifying normal function, assessment of risk for dysfunction, envisioning potential outcomes, the development of nursing plans of care, providing for interventions, and evaluations of effectiveness of treatment based on clinical nursing therapies. This course focuses on critical thinking used by the nurse to address the physical, emotional, psychological aspects of the human condition as well as all eleven body systems. The plan of the course emphasizes a broad set of skills that include the essentials of basic nursing care.

Credits

6

Prerequisite

BIO 2020 and BIO 2820

Offered

Every Fall