In this course students will continue to learn nursing skills such as NasoGastric tube placement and care, specimen collection, IV care and removal, written and verbal communication Students will continue to practice ethical and legal principles to care for a diverse population of patients across the lifespan.
Outcomes
- Demonstrate and apply the principles of sterility, asepsis, and infection control as it applies to wound care and isolation precautions.
- Demonstrate an understanding and competence in performing skills learned and practiced in Nursing Lab.
- Demonstrate accuracy and competency with dosage calculation as it applies to nursing practice.
- Using critical thinking and nursing judgement, identify principles of mobility and ergonomics to promote safety and decrease the risk of injury.
- Demonstrate competence in utilizing the EMR to research, understand, provide and communicate care to patients in a variety of health care settings.
- Demonstrate an ability to deliver quality nursing care to clients from diverse racial, gender, socio-economic, social and religious backgrounds.
Prerequisites
Distribution
Professional Education
Campus
Downtown
Area of Study
Career Education