NURS 120 - Nursing Clinical I

Institution:

SUNY College of Technology at Delhi

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Description:

This four-credit freshman practicum provides students with a supervised clinical experience in the nursing lab and area nursing homes. Students utilize observation, communication, and techniques of nursing, including ADL care, vital signs, and basic medical asepsis based upon knowledge concurrently acquired in the classroom and nursing lab. Students are expected to apply beginning-level assessment and communication skills through utilization of Maslow's hierarchy. Students apply the nursing process and critical thinking at a beginning level in care of assigned clients for maintaining, supporting, or restoring an optimal level of wellness. Students begin to explore the impact of the internal and external environments on human systems, as well as the physical, psychological, sociological, cultural, developmental, and spiritual aspects of healthcare delivery. Legal and ethical responsibilities are incorporated at a beginning level. Students acquire an understanding of the role of the beginning nurse in providing for geriatric clients' basic human needs, including teaching/learning needs. Due to the composite nature of This course, students have the opportunity to experience primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of health care. Prerequisites: ALHT 100 and BIOL 220 (may also be taken as corequisites) Corequisites: NURS 110; ALHT 100 and BIOL 220 (if not taken as prerequisites) (4: 0, 12) Fall 4.000 Credit Hours 12.000 Lab hours Levels: Undergraduate, Undergraduate-Bachelor Program Schedule Types: Lecture, Laboratory, WEBCT Based Nursing and Health College Human Services Division Nursing Department

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lab

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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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