NURS 302 - Nursing Clinical I

Credit(s): 4
This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to apply their knowledge and understanding of health care and behavioral health and psychosocial problems. Students will apply knowledge of assessment and management of adult patient problems related to cancer, perioperative care, altered sensory input, integumentary problems and oxygenation. This clinical course introduces the students to nursing care for patients of all ages with stressors affecting alterations in mental health and behavior. Students will learn to apply components of therapeutic nurse-patient communication, psychopharmacology, and milieu management. In addition, students will apply knowledge of concepts related to patient teaching, evidence-based practice, quality, safety and patient-centered care within the clinical arena. This course emphasizes the development of nursing skills and the application of the nursing process in medical-surgical and behavioral health clinical settings.

Prerequisites: NURS 201, NURS 203, NURS 211, NURS 231 and NURS 242 with a grade of “C” or better.
Corequisites: NURS 301, NURS 311 and NURS 321
Course Level: Undergraduate