PNS 101 - Practical Nursing I

8 credits

This course is designed to introduce the nursing student to basic human needs, concepts of nursing care, and basic and intermediate nursing skills. The content is organized within the nursing process framework utilizing accepted nursing diagnoses. Caring, evidence-based practice, and informatics are integrated throughout the course. Students will apply theory in clinical practice, a major focus of which is care of the elderly in subacute care facilities. Corequisite: PNS 101L. [SP]