Title

NURS1416 - Nursing Fundamentals II

API ID

Credits

4 (2/2/0)

Description

This course prepares students to provide safe, therapeutic nursing care to diverse patient populations across the age span. The course also integrates the content and skills necessary to promote and maintain health and wellness of the gastrointestinal, metabolic, immune, hematologic, cardiovascular, respiratory and urinary systems as well as fluid and electrolyte balance.
Prerequisites
  • BIOL2260
  • BIOL2261
  • BIOL2267
  • BIOL2268
  • Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support
  • Current, clear national background check
  • Current, clear Minnesota Department of Health criminal background check
  • ENGL1101
  • Experience as a nursing assistant as guided by the generic ADN application packet
  • NURS1400
  • NURS1406
  • PSYC2222
  • Up-to-date immunizations and health form

Competencies

  1. Apply teaching and learning principles in health promotion, maintenance and/or restoration of health across the age span.
  2. Examine nursing care to maintain and promote gastrointestinal wellness across the age span.
  3. Demonstrate skills related to the gastrointestinal system across the age span.
  4. Examine nursing care to maintain and promote immunological wellness across the age span.
  5. Examine nursing care to maintain and promote metabolic wellness across the age span.
  6. Examine nursing care to maintain and promote hematological wellness across the age span.
  7. Examine nursing care to maintain and promote cardiovascular wellness across the age span.
  8. Examine nursing care to maintain and promote urinary wellness across the age span.
  9. Demonstrate skills related to the urinary system across the age span.
  10. Examine nursing care to maintain and promote respiratory wellness across the age span.
  11. Demonstrate skills related to the respiratory system across the age span.
  12. Examine nursing care to maintain and promote fluid/electrolyte/acid/base wellness across the age span.
  13. Demonstrate basic skills related to infusion therapy across the age span.
Degrees that use this course

Degrees that use this course

Associate Degree Nursing
Degree:
Associate of Science (AS)
Location:
Fergus Falls Campus
Wadena Campus
Detroit Lakes Campus
Moorhead Campus
Credits:
64