NRSG 118 - Nursing Skills and Assessment

2 Credits

This course is an introduction to basic nursing skills and assessment. Concepts include patient safety and assessment. Students will be introduced to the principles of safe medication administration and holistic person-centered assessment and interview.

Instructor Permission Required Yes
Program Admission Required Yes Admitted Program NRSG
FeesNA

Quarters Typically Offered
Fall Day
Winter Day
Spring Day

Designed to Serve First quarter AAS-Registered Nurse program students.
Active Date 20230320T10:55:47

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 28
Contact Hours: Lab 44
Total Contact Hours 44
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
ProfTech Related Instruction

Communications
Computation
Safety
Human Relations

Course Outline
Assessment & Safety

Assessing normal
Error Prevention
CMS/BEFAST

Care Interventions & Comfort

Medication administration
Enemas
Sensory (visual & hearing impairment)

Student Learning Outcomes
Professionalism, Communication, & Collaboration

Identify characteristics and contributions of a professional nurse

Clinical Judgment

Determine normal assessment findings.

Safety

Demonstrate effective use of standardized practices that support safety

Informatics & Quality Improvement

Perform correct methods for patient identification and health records documentation