September 2017 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
September 2017 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

NW 102 - Clinical Practice I


In this beginning clinical, the student will utilize the nursing process and nursing standards to meet the basic self-care requisites of a variety of clients. While in the clinical environment, students will perform basic nursing skills, collect health histories, gather physical data, and administer medications that will help them determine self-care deficits and the role of a nurse as nursing agency. They will assist with formulating teaching and learning plans. Toward the completion of the clinical, the student will be expected to care for clients with multisystem self-care deficits by reinforcing and adapting nursing care plans, gathering data, and performing basic nursing skills. 3.00 semester credit hours Contact Hours: 135.00 Prerequisites: NW 101 Fundamentals of Nursing With Lab  and NW 106 Pharmacology for Nurses . Corequisites: NW 103 Health and Illness Throughout the Life Span  and NW 201 Alterations in Adult Health .