NUR 101 Foundations of Nursing Practice
This course provides an overview of the foundations of professional nursing practice. The student will examine the history of nursing and its relationship to contemporary issues. The student will intentionally integrate knowledge gained through liberal arts and sciences with beginning nursing knowledge. Students will explore principles of the nursing process, critical thinking, safety, infection control, health and wellness, patient education, legal and ethical issues, and communication techniques as they relate to the delivery of quality patient care. The concepts of civility and conflict resolution in the healthcare environment will be examined as the foundation of professional practice. Students in this class will build upon these concepts to complete assignments demonstrating a beginning level of clinical judgement. Core concepts such as nursing process, clinical judgement models, psychosocial and physiological concepts, and evidence-based practice, that inform nursing practice will be explored.