Prerequisite

Admission to the Associate Degree Nursing Program.

Concurrent enrollment

RNSG 1260 Clinical Course: Introduction to Nursing

Course Description

This course introduces the role of the professional nurse as provider of care, coordinator of care and member of a profession. Topics include but are not limited to the fundamental concepts of nursing practice, history of professional nursing, a systematic framework for decision-making, mechanisms of disease, the needs and problems that nurses help patients manage and basic psychomotor skills. The emphasis will focus on the knowledge, judgment, skills and professional values of nursing within a legal/ethical framework.

Learning Outcomes

Describe the roles of the nurse in the delivery of health care; demonstrate competence in the performance of basic nursing skills; and begin critical thinking in a systematic problem solving process.

The student will demonstrate competency of the learning outcomes as evidenced by achieving an average of 70% in the graded components of the course consisting of unit exams, quizzes and a comprehensive final exam.

RNSG 1309 introduces the student to nursing and the roles of the associate degree nurse and foundations for nursing practice in the Generic program option.

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