NURSING 150A
Theoretical Foundations of Nursing B.S. Role and Fundamentals of Professional Nursing Lecture/Clinical Skills Practicum
Description: Lecture, three hours; laboratory, three hours. Introduction to practice of professional nursing as theory-based goal-directed method for assisting patients to meet basic human needs at various levels of health continua. Concepts of communication, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, interpersonal relationships, cultural competence, and nursing process as clinical decision-making strategies essential to practice of professional nursing. Characteristics and roles of professional nursing. Development of caregiver, teacher, and collaborator roles in learning experiences in nursing skills laboratory and clinical settings. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0