2015-2016 Catalog

NURS 1110 Adult Nursing I

3.0 - 9.0 - 6.0

Prerequisite

(5) Acceptance into the Practical Nursing program; CHEM 1010; ENGL 1010; MATH 1310; and PSYC 1120 - must be completed prior to taking this course.

Course Description

This adult medical surgical course introduces basic concepts of client care. It presents the concepts of psychosocial and physiologic aspects of aging with an emphasis on caring for the institutional elderly client and caring for the surgical client. Students learn concepts on the musculoskeletal, peripheral vascular system, eye, ear, nose, and throat. This course includes didactic and a clinical component.