NSG 122 - Nursing Fundamental Concepts

This course provides students with opportunities to learn and develop basic competencies necessary to facilitate the optimal well-being of the patient within the healthcare setting in a safe, legal, and ethical manner. Focus is placed on the nursing process, health promotion, disease prevention, professional communication and interdisciplinary collaboration within the context of meeting basic patient needs in a healthcare environment. Throughout the course, students demonstrate competence of fundamental principles of nursing practice which are validated through clinical skill performance assessments. Semester Credit Hours: 5.00 Contact Hours: 45/30/45/120 Prerequisite: SC 166 Microbiology and SC 254 Anatomy and Physiology II for Nurses. Corequisite: None.