ADN 120 - Nursing Practice Concepts II

Credit Hours: 4
Contact Hours: 7

Prerequisites/Other Requirements: ADN 110 (B- or Higher) and NUR 115 (B- or Higher)

English Prerequisites: None

Math Prerequisites: None

Corequisites: BI 122

Description: This course builds on previously introduced concepts, and introduces additional individual, health & illness, and professional nursing & health care concepts. Individual concepts include culture. Health & illness concepts include fluid & electrolyte balance, thermoregulation, glucose regulation, intracranial regulation, reproduction, sexuality, immunity, inflammation, pain, stress and coping, mood and affect, psychosis, addiction, and interpersonal violence. Professional nursing & health care concepts include professional identity, clinical judgment, health promotion, communication, collaboration, safety and health care policy. Upon completion, students should be able to provide safe nursing care in a simulated/lab setting, incorporating the additional concepts identified in this course. This course includes a clinical lab component.

Course Fee: $45.00

Department Consent: Department Consent Required

General Education Distribution Category Met: None