NUR 1119 - Adult Nursing I Prerequisite or

Liberal Arts

Class Hours: 6 class hours per week and 9 clinical hours per week.
Semester Credit Hours: 9

This course emphasizes the individual as a unique biopsychosocial being who is made up of systems and subsystems and identifies similarities and differences existing in health and illness. The concepts of the individual, health-illness, growth and development, communication, nursing process, stress-adaptation and the associate degree nursing role are introduced in this course. Beginning nursing skills along with basic patient care are taught. The nursing process is introduced as a basis of care and scientific principles underlying nursing activities are stressed.

Prerequisite(s): BIO 2514, BIO 2524, BIO 2924, and MAT 1313
Prerequisite(s)/Co-requisite(s): FCS 1253