RNSG 1300 Professional Practice I: Fundamentals of Nursing
Using classroom, laboratory, and clinical experiences, this course focuses on the implementation of the nursing process. Program content examines selected predictable stressors causing illness in adult clients in the context of the Orems Theory and outcomes and competencies of associate degree graduates. Emphasis is on normal aging, as well as system instability in the perioperative clients and alterations in health patterns of clients experiencing common predictable respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrine, neurological, musculoskeletal, integumentary, and acid-base stressors. Students discuss the effects of chronic illness and strategies for coping with these illnesses. Students are taught an approach to nursing care which takes into consideration client centered health care, human diversity, safe and effective care environment and effective organizational transitions. Pharmacologic concepts include medication administration and the use of pharmacologic agents in the treatment of system instability. Student clinical assignments focus on adult clients experiencing selected predictable stressors causing illness.
Prerequisite
BIOL 2113; BIOL 2113L; BIOL 2114; BIOL 2114L; COMP 1000; ENGL 1101; HUMN 1101; MATH 1111; PSYC 1101;
Corequisite
BIOL 2117; BIOL 2117L;