Maricopa Community Colleges  NUR108   19962-20032 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 06/17/03
NUR108 19962-20032 LEC
LAB 		5 Credit(s)
5 Credit(s) 		5 Period(s)
15 Period(s)
Nursing Process I
Introduction to the systems of nursing practice and the holistic client, within the health-illness continuum. Presentation of beginning concepts of health adaptation, individual needs, multicultural values, communication, lifespan development, nursing process, and professional roles. Theoretical concepts focus on the childbearing family, the well child, gerontology, perioperative care, and pharmacology. Clinical experience structured to develop basic nursing skills, beginning medication administration, introduction to nursing care plans, basic charting, and computer skills. Prerequisites: Admission to the Nursing Program.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
NUR108   19962-20032 Nursing Process I
1. Describe nursing, nursing roles, and nursing practice in health care. (I)
2. Describe basic human needs and provide care in relation to health adaptation within the health-illness continuum. (II)
3. Identify and describe the physiological and psychological needs of the holistic client. (III)
4. Identify basic concepts of lifespan development with emphasis on selected populations. (IV)
5. Describe and utilize basic elements of effective communication in the delivery of health care. (V)
6. Describe and implement the basic elements of nursing practice: nursing process, physical assessment, pharmacology, and perioperative care. (VI)
7. Explain the importance of multicultural values and attitudes toward illness across the lifespan. (VII)
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NUR108   19962-20032 Nursing Process I
    I. Professional Role Development in Nursing Practice
        A. Definitions of nursing, health and illness
        B. History of nursing
        C. Nursing organizations
        D. The nursing role
        E. Evolution of nursing and nursing education
        F. Health care delivery systems
        G. Values, ethics and legal considerations
      II. Health Adaptation within the Health-Illness Continuum
          A. Models of health and illness
          B. Basic human needs
          C. Health promotion and illness prevention
          D. Stress and adaptation
          E. Nutrition
          F. Elimination
          G. Sleep
          H. Psycho-social factors
        III. Individual Needs of the Holistic Client
            A. Medical and surgical asepsis
            B. Vital signs
            C. Hygiene
            D. Safety
            E. Mobility and immobility
            F. Skin integrity
            G. Heath and cold therapy
            H. Comfort
            I. Oxygenation and airway
            J. Fluids and electrolytes
            K. Sexuality
            L. Sensory alterations
          IV. Lifespan Development
              A. Basic concepts of human development
                1. Growth and development theories
                2. Development of self-concept
                3. Spirituality
                4. Loss, grief, and dying
              B. Childbearing family concepts
                1. Anatomy and physiology of sexuality
                2. Fertility management
                3. Normal pregnancy
                4. Normal childbirth
                5. Normal puerperium
                6. Normal newborn
              C. Well child concepts
                1. Perspectives of child heath
                2. Assessment of the well-child
                3. Effects of illness
                4. Health problems
              D. Gerontological concepts
                1. Characteristics of older adults
                2. Aging
                3. Theories of aging
                4. Normal physiological changes of aging
                5. Cognitive aspects of aging
                6. Health care for older adults
                7. Long-term care of the elderly
                8. Gerontological assessment
                9. Health promotion of the older adult
            V. Communication
                A. Beginning nurse-client relationships
                B. Group process
                C. Teaching-learning process
                D. Recording and reporting
                E. Computer information systems in nursing
              VI. Nursing Practice
                  A. Introduction to nursing process and critical thinking
                    1. Purpose
                    2. Methodology
                    3. Utilization
                  B. Introduction to physical assessment
                  C. Pharmacology
                    1. Mechanisms of drug action
                    2. Methods of administration
                    3. Computation of drug dosages
                    4. Drug interactions
                    5. Adverse effects
                    6. Documentation
                    7. Legislation, regulations, and legal aspects
                  D. Perioperative care
                    1. Preoperative
                    2. Intraoperative
                    3. Postoperative
                    4. Wounds and wound care
                VII. Multi-Cultural Values
                    A. Practice
                    B. Beliefs
                    C. Attitudes
                    D. Influences across the lifespan
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