NURS 141 - Introduction to Nursing Practice Concepts II

Institution:

Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

Subject:

Nursing

Description:

Builds upon the nursing practice concepts introduced in NURS 140. This course focuses on intermediate clinical skills necessary to provide safe and effective aseptic nursing care. The clinical skills include: psychomotor skills, rationale, critical thinking, and physical assessment. This course also builds upon the fundamental skills covered in NURS 140 and includes: sterility, isolation with sterility, introduction to IV therapy and IV pumps, safe parenteral medication administration, enemas, urinary catheter insertion and care, specimen collection, and central line awareness. This course emphasizes the concept of caring and caring interventions and uses hands-on skill development, theory and simulation scenarios to facilitate student learning. A course fee is required. Enrollment is restricted to students in the Nursing AS program. Prerequisite: BIOL 121; NURS 140, and 142 with grades of C or higher. Corerequisite: NURS 143 and 144.

Credits:

1.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Multiple

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.hacc.edu

Phone Number:

(717) 780-2300

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

The Course Profile information is provided and updated by third parties including the respective institutions. While the institutions are able to update their information at any time, the information is not independently validated, and no party associated with this website can accept responsibility for its accuracy.