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Apr 25, 2024
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2022-2023 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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NURS 1112 - Nursing Care of Adults I
Credit Hours: 12
This course is an introduction to the nurse’s role in the delivery of patient centered care as a member of a multidisciplinary team with an emphasis on the growth and development in older adult/geriatric population. The content includes fundamental knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to give nursing care and prevent spread of disease. Common procedures used in the care of the sick and development of the ability to adapt them to various situations. Development of awareness to report and record observations of the client are part of the course theory. Introduction to cultural considerations, pharmacology, physical and environmental safety, evidence based practice, legal/ethical principles, quality improvement, and informatics is incorporated through exemplars of chronic health problems and physical changes requiring acute and long-term management. or (12 credit hours) (F) special course fee
Prerequisite(s):
Anatomy and Physiology I (BIOL 1304 )
Co-requisite(s):
Anatomy and Physiology II (BIOL 1305 ) or Structure and Function (BIOL 1303 or NURS 1704 )
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