Intro to Adult Nursing/Caring

This course focuses on implementation of nursing and the caring process for ill or injured adults experiencing health alterations as evidenced by vision, auditory, integumentary, immune, fluid and electrolyte, cardiac, respiratory, hematologic, and neoplastic disorders and pre-, intra-, and post-operative care. Factors that affect the individual’s health care behaviors are also examined. Focus of the clinical experience is caring and critical thinking in the application of the nursing process with ill adults in health care facilities and community agencies. (Prerequisites: NUR 207, NUR 209, BIO 210, BIO 312) 4 hours of class and 6 hours of lab/clinical per week.) Offered every spring.