NURS 2160 - Basic Health Assessment and Nursing Skills

6 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: acceptance into the nursing program.
Corequisites: NURS 2040, 2060, 2061, 2080 and SNHP 3000.
Description
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. (4 hrs didactic credit; 2 hrs clinical credit [90 clinical contact hrs]).