NURS 230:Nursing Career Success

Credit Hours: 1
Lecture hours per week: 1
This course introduces students to the fundamental skills of professional nursing and provides practice of selected fundamental nursing skills. Included are opportunities to apply fundamental and adult health concepts needed to care for patients. In this laboratory course students will use the nursing process with emphasis placed on performing the fundamental skills of nursing, therapeutic communication, teamwork and collaboration, quality improvement, use of informatics, and using physical assessment.
Interventions for promoting and maintaining patient and staff safety will be emphasized. 45 hours of laboratory instruction