NE 135 - Nursing I:Fundamentals of Nursing

Institution:

College of Marin

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Description:

(4.0 Units) (Prerequisites: English 120; Biology 120, 224, 240; Chemistry 110; Nursing Education 90. Advisory: Computer Information Systems 101. Corequisite: Nursing Education 138. Four lecture hours weekly.) This is a foundation course for nursing practice. The course presents concepts related to clients within the context of their environments, including growth and development, culture, and health-illness, and to the health care delivery system and the political, economic, and social factors that affect it. The course introduces caring in nursing, critical thinking in applying the nursing process and managing client care, communication, client education, and legal and ethical practice. Students learn how to perform an age-specific health assessment and basic physical examination, to recognize alterations in these assessments, and to engage in therapeutic interventions that promote and maintain clients' health. Students learn fundamental nursing concepts related to care of immobilized clients, surgical clients, clients with alterations in skin/tissue integrity, and clients with sensory alterations. (CSU)

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.marin.edu

Phone Number:

(415) 457-8811

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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