NU 101 - Foundations of Nursing Practice

Institution:

Regis College

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Description:

This course introduces the student to the major categories of client needs: promotion of wellness/health promotion and maintenance; physiological integrity; safe, effective care environment; and psychosocial integrity. The major concepts include adaptation, nursing process, communication, critical thinking, therapeutic nursing interventions and both the student and professional roles in nursing practice. A central core of concepts regarding nursing, person, health and the environment is key in providing a base for learning and developing a philosophy of caring within the ethicallegal standards of practice. Basic research skills are introduced along with an evidence-based, culturally competent approach to nursing practice. The concurrent clinical component of this first nursing course provides the student the opportunity to develop skills and competencies while assisting in the provision of care for the adult patient in structured medical-surgical settings. Each of these elements complete the structural design of learning for the beginning nursing student and are further developed and applied in each of the subsequent nursing courses.*

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.regiscollege.edu

Phone Number:

(781) 768-7000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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