2021-2022 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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NRSG 100 - Fundamentals of Nursing
PREREQUISITES: Admission to a Nursing Program
COREQUISITES: APHY 102 - Anatomy and Physiology II , NRSG 115 - Nursing Lab
PROGRAM: Nursing
CREDIT HOURS: 3
LECTURE HOURS: 3
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall, 2019
Examines the roles of the licensed practical nurse and the registered nurse as members of the inter/intraprofessional team in today’s health care systems. Provides an overview of essential components of the nursing process. Explores the nurse’s role in providing for basic physiological, psychosocial, cultural, intellectual, and spiritual needs of patients. Introduces fundamental principles of therapeutic communication and teaching/learning.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:
- Describe the scope of practice, roles, and level of individual accountability and responsibility of the nurse as a member of the inter/intraprofessional healthcare team. (SLO 1, 7)
- Identify historical and current milestones that influence today’s health care systems.
- Describe professional, legal and ethical guidelines, to provide collaborative, safe, and culturally competent, and holistic patient-centered care. (SLO 1)
- Explain essential components of the nursing process within the context of the wellness-illness continuum across the lifespan.
- Describe nursing interventions and utilization of evidence-based practice to promote safe, effective, culturally, competent, and holistic patient care. (SLO 4)
- Identify therapeutic communication practices that foster effective collaboration with patients, families and inter/intraprofessional health care teams for planning and delivery of quality patient care. (SLO 5)
- Describe fundamental principles of nursing documentation and use of technology including the electronic health record. (SLO 3)
- Demonstrate fundamental principles of drug dosage calculation.
- Identify basic nutritional concepts.
- Describe concepts utilized to promote a culture of caring and advocacy, demonstrate respect for individual patient preferences, respect for individual values and needs. (SLO 6)
- Identify and describe basic physiological, psychosocial, cultural, intellectual, and spiritual components of patient needs to improve quality and safety of patient care in a variety of health care settings. (SLO 2)
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include - History of nursing
Therapeutic communication
Cultural diversity
Scope of practice, roles, and level of accountability of the nurse
Advocacy
Professionalism
Ethical and legal principles
Inflammation and Infection Control
Standard precautions
Hand washing
Asepsis
Mobility
Safety
QSEN
Tissue Integrity
Hygiene
Oxygenation
Vital signs
Nursing process
Nutrition and Fluid Balance
Comfort/pain
Sensory Perception
Psychosocial
Death and dying
Elimination
Documentation/Electronic health record
Dosage calculations
Inter/intraprofessional healthcare teams
Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)
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