NURS 2160 - Basic Health Assessment and Nursing Skills

6 Credit Hours

Prerequisites: acceptance into the nursing program.
Corequisites: NURS 2040, NURS 2060, NURS 2061, NURS 2080 and SNHP 3000.
Pre/Corequisites: None.
Requirements: None.

Description
(4 hrs didactic credit; 2 hrs clinical credit [90 clinical contact hrs]) The course is designed to facilitate the student’s acquisition of both health assessment and basic nursing skills and mastery of basic drug calculations. It is composed of three distinct components: health assessment and basic skills theories, and laboratory/clinical performance. In order to pass the course students must pass all three components. Under faculty supervision, the student develops and refines professional practice.