NUR 320 - Foundations of Patient Centered Care

This course promotes nursing as an evolving art and science directed to human health and well-being. This course introduces students to the profession of nursing. The course builds on liberal arts and sciences knowledge to begin to cultivate competencies with safety, infection control, critical thinking, professionalism, documentation, and those associated with Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN). The nursing process as the clinical judgment model of nursing care will be presented and applied to actions basic to nursing care, the promotion of healthy physiologic, and psychosocial responses to actual and potential health issues across the health continuum. Throughout the course, students will be encouraged to identify with their selected profession and share in its rewards by developing caring relationships with patients and being accountable for their actions. The campus laboratory and clinical settings will afford practical experience in application of the principles and skills taught in the theory portion of this class.
Lecture
Credits: 7
Prerequisites: BIO 118, HS 137, NUR 101
Co-requisite: NUR 301
Equivalent(s): NURS 320/NUR 3200
Offered in the Fall Semester
Not Liberal Arts