NURS 100 - Nursing Fundamentals

Institution:

Vincennes University

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Description:

Prerequisite: Admission to the Associate Degree Nursing Program. Introduces the philosophy and conceptual framework of the curriculum. Basic legal aspects, communication skills, impact of illness and hospitalization on the client, external safety, client teaching and learning, death and dying as they apply to nursing are discussed. The nursing process is taught to organize nursing care as well as to promote client health and adaptation to stressors. The fundamental skills and knowledge used in basic nursing care are covered. Content focuses upon common assessments and nursing interventions to meet the basic physiological needs of normal (basic) nutrition, bowel and urinary elimination, activity and mobility, and sleep and rest. Promoting client adaptation to pain, safety needs, fundamental pharmacological concepts, perioperative care, fluid and electrolytes, and alterations associated with infection and inflammation are included. College laboratory is utilized for the students to acquire basic nursing skills. Clinical laboratory in longterm and acute health care agencies allows students to apply the nursing process to facilitate the adaptation of the client with common health problems. 5 lecture hours, 4.5 college laboratory hours, 4.5 clinical laboratory hours.

Credits:

8.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

vinu.edu/

Phone Number:

(812) 888-8888

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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