NURS 120 - Nursing Fundamentals

6 CR

Formerly known as NURS 100X.
The Nursing Fundamentals course provides students with foundational concepts related to nursing practice. This course introduces essential principles of health and wellness, patient-centered care clinical reasoning, nursing process, and foundations of safe nursing as defined by Quality Safety Education in Nursing (QSEN).

Prerequisite(s): Admission into the Associate Degree Nursing Program.

Course Outcomes

Identify components of the professional nurse identity.
Apply the clinical judgment model to promote client health and mitigate safety risks.
Demonstrate cognitive and affective patient-centered care skills in delivering safe practice through a lens of social equity to culturally diverse populations.
Engage constructively and collaboratively with team members.
Interpret the role of quality improvement measures in nursing.

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