NUR 106 Nursing Principles and Health Assessment

6 credits
Lecture: 4 per week Laboratory: 6 per week Total: 10 per week

Introduces principles of nursing, health and wellness concepts, and the nursing process. Identifies nursing strategies to meet the needs of individuals across the lifespan based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Content includes basic principles of medication administration, math computation skills, nutrition, sleep and rest, growth and development, documentation, elimination, oxygenation and communication. Acquisition of a health history and physical assessment are taught incorporating lifespan concepts. Provides supervised learning experiences in college nursing laboratories and/or cooperating agencies.

Prerequisite(s): or corequisite BIO 141, NUR 135, NUR 161.