NURS 115 - Medical Surgical Nursing I

Institution:

SUNY College of Technology at Delhi

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Description:

This course teaches students to incorporate basic acquired knowledge and skills in assisting clients who have impaired body structure or function at various levels on the health/illness continuum with consideration for cultural and psychosocial factors. Emphasis is on nursing process, therapeutic communication, critical thinking, and the health team's role in providing for safety, comfort, health teaching, and rehabilitation in common illness and conditions of human systems of all ages. Safe techniques of drug preparation and administration, surgical asepsis, and technical nursing skills are incorporated into the course. Nursing care planning is a primary focus, using Maslow's hierarchy of needs for prioritization of nursing diagnoses. These skills are demonstrated and practiced in the on-campus Nursing Arts Lab and in affiliated institutions. Prerequisites: ALHT 100, NURS 102, NURS 110, NURS 120, BIOL 220 and BIOL 225 (NURS 102, and BIOL 225 may also be taken as corequisites) Corequisites: NURS 125; NURS 102 and BIOL 225 (if not taken as prerequisites) (4: 3, 3) Spring 0.000 OR 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 OR 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 OR 3.000 Lab hours Levels: Undergraduate, Undergraduate-Bachelor Program Schedule Types: Lecture, Laboratory Nursing and Health College Human Services Division Nursing Department

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Multiple

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Institution Website:

www.delhi.edu

Phone Number:

(607) 746-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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