Description
This course will provide opportunities to develop competencies necessary to meet the needs of individuals in a safe, legal, and ethical manner using the nursing process. This course includes nursing theory with an emphasis on care of patients with disease/disorders of the following systems: nervous, sensory, respiratory, circulatory, urinary, gastrointestinal, endocrine, musculoskeletal, integumentary, and hematological. The nursing process is integrated into the study of each disease process. PREREQUISITES: CURRENT CNA CERTIFICATION or A ?C? OR BETTER IN HC 124 AND HC 126, COMPLETION OF ALL GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES, and COMPLETION OF NRS 100, NRS 105, NRS 110, and NRS 115. CO-REQUISITE: NRS 200. GRADE REQUIREMENT: A MINIMUM GRADE OF ?C? MUST BE EARNED IN THIS COURSE TO BE ELIGIBLE TO GRADUATE FROM THE NURSING PROGRAM OR PROGRESS INTO COURSES THAT REQUIRE THIS COURSE AS A PREREQUISITE.