Fundamentals of Nursing (NUR231 (UG15))
Term: Fall 2015 (UNDG)
Melynda (Lynde) Thelen, PhD, MSN, RN, CHSE
Office: Jeschke 205
Phone: 605-331-6876
Office/Tutor Hours: Weds & Fri 1pm - 3pm
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Mon-Wed-Fri, 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM (9/1/2015 - 12/16/2015) Location: MAIN (Salsbury Science Center 214 - Classroom Lecture)
This course prepares the student to perform a comprehensive health assessment, which includes physiological, psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual varibales. Therapeutic communication, interviewing, and documentation skills related to the comprehensive health assessment and interview are developed. A focus on the theoretical basis for selected nursing skills, including safe medication administration, and the development of the student's psychomotor ability to perform these skills is emphasized.