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Introduces students to their roles as Registered Nurses in the assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of care. Students begin the semester in the Nursing Skills Laboratory where they practice and master basic skills; they move on to applying these skills utilizing the Nursing Process within the framework of Orem's Self-Care Theory with clients in the traditional setting of the skilled nursing facility. The skills include, but are not limited to, therapeutic communication; infection control/blood-borne pathogens, fire safety, client and institutional confidentiality; basic life support (cardiopulmonary resuscitation); basic client care and status including client hygiene and nutrition; review of medications and other practitioner orders; discussion of legal, ethical, regulatory, cultural, and financial issues that affect professional nursing practice; medication administration; and the organization of client care. Co-requisites: NUR 130, BIO 118.
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