Nursing Fundamentals
EASTERN IOWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
NURSING EDUCATION
NURSING FUNDAMENTALS
NU:121
NU:122




Semester Hours Credit: 		NU:121 – 5 credit hours
				NU:122 – 5 credit hours

Lecture Hours			NU:121/122 - 6 hours per week
Laboratory Hours		NU:121 – 12 hours per week
Clinical Hours			NU:122 – 12 hours per week

CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is the initial course in the nursing curriculum. The course introduces the core concept of caring as it relates to the practice of nursing. This course acquaints the student with the therapeutic use of self in caring for individuals across the life span. Additionally, the concepts of health, environment, person, and nursing are presented as the supporting structure to practice. The nursing process, critical thinking, communication, and adaptation are introduced as contributing concepts that are essential to the art of holistic caring.

The course is structured to facilitate acquisition of knowledge, techniques, and professional values necessary to basic nursing care. The course includes the psychosocial and interpersonal concerns of the nurse and the individual in the therapeutic environment. Basic interventions for the client with specific health needs are included. Various health care facilities are used including acute and long term care facilities.

This course is offered in two modules.

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Library Assignment

Carl Perkins Test - Instructions for accessing the test online.

Health History - Assessment Guidelines

Health Record - Health History Assessment

Commonly Used Prefixes

Commonly Used Abbreviations

Physical Examination & Immunization Record

ENTRY LEVEL SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE Required: Must have tested out of or passed ENGL:090 and MATH:050 with a grade of “C”. 

PRE-REQUISITE COURSES: NU:121 for NU:122
		       NU:118 for NU:122

CO-REQUISITE COURSES: BI:181; NU:118; NU:119; PS:105

COURSE REQUIREMENT: As a required course in the nursing curriculum, Nursing 121 must be completed with a minimum of a “C” (77%) for the student to progress to nursing 122. In addition, to progress in the curriculum, Nursing 122 must also be completed with a minimum of a “C” (77%). Both Nursing 121 and Nursing 118 must be successfully completed to progress to Nursing 122.

Revised 7/2000

TEXT BOOK

Ackley and Ladwig, Nursing Diagnosis Handbook, A Guide to Planning Care, 4th ed., Mosby, 2000.

Beare/Myers, Adult Health Nursing, 3rd ed., Mosby, 1998.

Mosby's Medical, Nursing and Allied Health Dictionary, 4th ed., 1994.

Pagana and Pagana, Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests, 2nd ed., Mosby, 2000.

Potter and Perry, Basic Nursing: A Critical Thinking Approach, 4th edition, Mosby, 1999.

Skidmore-Roth, Linda, Mosby's 2000 Nursing Drug Reference, Mosby, 2000.

GENERAL COURSE GOAL:

This course is designed to acquaint the beginning nursing student with the concepts that define the practice of nursing. The student will contribute to the nursing process as a means of meeting basic needs of individuals across the life span in various health care situations.

COURSE COMPETENCIES/OUTCOMES: See individual units.

METHODS OF INSTRUCTION MAY INCLUDE:

METHODS OF EVALUATION MAY INCLUDE:

FAILURE IN EITHER CLASSROOM, LAB OR CLINICAL CONSTITUTES FAILURE OF THE COURSE. A STUDENT WHO FAILS THE LABORATORY OR CLINICAL PRACTICUM, OR THE CLASSROOM COMPONENT, WILL BE REQUIRED TO REPEAT BOTH THE CLASSROOM AND LAB OR CLINICAL PRACTICUM.

ATTENDANCE POLICY:

REFER TO THE NURSING STUDENT HANDBOOK

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY:

POLICIES ON ACADEMIC DISHONESTY CAN BE FOUND IN THE EICCD STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT PUBLISHED IN THE STUDENT HANDBOOK AND IN THE NURSING STUDENT HANDBOOK.

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