ADN 135 - Application of Nursing Skills

Credit Hours: 1
Contact Hours: 2

Prerequisites/Other Requirements: ADN 120 (B- or Higher) and BI 122 (C or Higher)

English Prerequisites: None

Math Prerequisites: None

Corequisites: ADN 130 and ADN 140

Description: Students will demonstrate safe nursing care in a simulated learning environment incorporating previously learned concepts. Emphasis is placed on communication, care coordination, collaboration, clinical judgment, teamwork and safety. This course is designed to reinforce previously learned health care recipients, health and illness, and professional nursing and health care concepts with emphasis on the adult client. Health care recipient concepts include culture. Health and illness concepts include fluid and electrolytes, nutrition, elimination, infection, pain, and stress and coping. Professional nursing and health care concepts include professional identity, clinical judgment, communication, collaboration, safety, health promotion, and health policy. Students will apply these concepts to determine relevant cues from a variety of sources as a foundation for prioritizing, planning, implementing, and evaluating safe nursing practice in a simulated learning environment.

Course Fee: $20.00

General Education Distribution Category Met: None

Department Consent: Department Consent Required
Dual Enrollment Allowed: No