ADN 110 Nursing I

This course introduces nursing as a profession. A foundation for health care delivery, clinical reasoning, and physiologic and psychosocial health is established. The course introduces elements of a basic health assessment by developing communication skills, differentiating normal and abnormal findings, and appropriately documenting assessment findings. Standards and guidelines used in the development of the nursing curriculum including the concepts of safety, patient-centered care, evidence-based practice, informatics, teamwork and collaboration, and quality improvement are presented. 12 (3.5 lecture hours, 2 laboratory hours and 7.5 clinical hours) Note: In addition to tuition, this course requires an additional variable tuition rate.

Credits

7

Prerequisite

Admission to the associate degree nursing program.

Corequisite

ADN 111 - must be taken at the same time as this course

Prerequisite/Corequisite

BIO 175 - must be taken either prior to or at the same time as this course.