NURS 320 : Fundamentals of Nursing

Explores nursing skills needed to provide safe, effective care to individuals experiencing health alterations across the lifespan utilizing the nursing process. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking, therapeutic communication, and interventions that promote optimal patient outcomes. Ethical, legal, and professional standards are explored within the context of nursing practice. The nursing process will be used as a framework for problem solving, decision making, and organizing care of individuals. Guided lab and clinical experiences will provide students opportunities to acquire and practice appropriately leveled nursing skills.