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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

NURS 3162 - Medical Surgical I


5 Credit Hours


Pre/Corequisites: Prerequisite/Co-rerequisites: Pre-req - Biol 2300/2310 ; Co-req.- NURS 3065, NURS 3066, NURS 3080, NURS 3161.
Description
The course is designed to facilitate the student’s acquisition of basic nursing skills and mastery of basic drug calculations. It is composed of three distinct components: basic skills evidence-based practices, laboratory performance, and clinical performance. In order to pass the course students must pass all three components. Under faculty supervision the student develops and refines professional practice. (3 hrs didactic credit; 2 hrs clinical credit [84 clinical contact hrs]).