NURS 2301 Introduction to Nursing Skills
This course introduces areas of learning that are vital to the practice of professional nursing. These fundamental nursing concepts and practices are related to the holistic delivery of nursing care. Included are effective communication, client teaching, basic assessment skills, nutritional support, safety principles, and beginning proficiency in selected nursing skills. Skills include, but are not limited to: vital sign measurement, hygienic care, standard precaution applications, basic sterile procedure, insertion of indwelling urinary catheter, medical terminology usage, introduction to basic medication calculation skills, and administration of medications.