Foundations of Nursing 1

Undergraduate

This course is designed to assist students in understanding professional nursing competencies and concepts in the care of diverse populations across the lifespan. Emphasis will be on the development of psychomotor skills and clinical reasoning related to the concepts of communication, grief, clinical judgment, perfusion and gas exchange, thermoregulation, infection, tissue Integrity, mobility, elimination, nutrition, acute and chronic pain in diverse populations across the lifespan. An additional 3-hour nursing practice component per week for eight weeks is integrated into this course. Co-requisite(s): NURS 2200L.