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Professional Nursing

RNUR 131 - Essential Nursing Concepts (2 credits)

Prerequisite: Admission to the Professional Nursing Program. This course presents the concepts underlying the nursing curriculum and provides a basis for beginning nursing practice. It introduces the student to nursing as a profession with its component parts: professionalism, health care delivery systems, the health care team and legal/ethical issues. The student is introduced to communication theory, the hierarchy of basic needs, developmental theories, the impact of culture and ethnicity on health practices and the nurse-client relationship. The fundamental principles of health assessment are also a part of this course. Competency in calculation of medication dosages will be addressed.

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