NURS 3810 - Medical Surgical Nursing Care I

Credits: 5

Prerequisite(s): NURS 3020, NURS 3150, NURS 3410, NURS 3700

Description: This course builds on concepts introduced in Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice. Focus is on utilization of core knowledge and core competencies related to the care of adults with basic and intermediate alterations in health. Students have the opportunity to practice skills using simulation technology and in clinical practice settings. Critical-thinking skills are used to begin to apply the nursing process to patient-centered care. This course develops the role of the nurse in providing medical surgical nursing care. Students practice and apply skills and knowledge learned in the classroom and lab to the clinical environment.