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TCC Catalog 2013-2014 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

NUR1022L Fundamental Concepts of Nursing Clinical

0 credit hour(s)
Prerequisite(s): grade of C or better in BSC2085 , BSC2085L , BSC2086 , BSC2086L , PSY2012 , DEP2004 , HUN1201 , ENC1101 , and one General Education  Mathematics course.
Corequisite(s): NUR1020 , NUR1020L , NUR1141 , NUR1213 , NUR1213L , NUR1214L .
This course explores the fundamentals of the nursing process, setting the groundwork for students to care for patients in a variety of clinical and community settings. Students will build on and use knowledge from all prerequisite coursework. This course will focus on basic assessment skills in the clinical area and will concentrate on fundamental nursing skills related to vital signs, patient hygiene, skin and wound care, and medication administration. The nursing process will be used throughout the course to encourage critical thinking. Lecture content in the corequisite NUR1020  will prepare the beginning nursing student to provide basic care through the use of the nursing process and to lay a foundation for subsequent nursing courses. Lab experience in the corequisite NUR1020L  will present basic and intermediate skills necessary to provide safe patient care. Clinical: 40 hours. Does not count toward A.A. degree.