PNSG 1120 Medical Surgical Nursing I

Focuses on health management and maintenance and the prevention of illness, care of the individual as a whole, and deviations from the normal state of health. The definition of client care includes using the nursing process, performing assessments, using critical thinking, and providing client education. Topics include: health management and maintenance; prevention of illness; care of the individual as a whole; pathological disorders and deviations from the normal state of health in the cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, urinary, and gastrointestinal systems; client care, treatment, pharmacology, and nutritional aspects related to the cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, urinary, and gastrointestinal systems; and standard precautions related to the cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, urinary, and gastrointestinal systems.

Credits

7

Prerequisite

ALL REQUIRED: PNSG 1020 - Pharmacology for Clinical Calculations, PNSG 1030 - Clinical Nutrition, PNSG 1100 - Nursing Fundamentals

Corequisite

None

Lab Contact Hours

0

Lecture Contact Hours

105

Total Contact Hours

105