NRSG225 - Nursing Fundamentals

Course Description

Welcome to Fundamentals. This course introduces students to concepts, theories, and standards of nursing practice in today’s evolving health care systems. Students use the nursing process to examine normal developmental changes across the lifespan from childhood to older adult. Critical thinking is examined as a basis for decision-making in nursing and emphasis is placed on developing therapeutic nursing interventions and communication skills.

Course Objectives

Students meet the University of Lynchburg's Goals for Education by achieving the following course objectives. The course objectives are derived from the Nursing Program Outcomes (PO) and the AACN BSN Essentials (Essential), ANA Standards (ANA), and QSEN objectives

1. The student will identify concepts and theories that are foundational to decision-making in nursing.

(PO 1, Essential I, II, ANA 1, QSEN safety, patient-centered care, informatics)

2.   The student will consider the relevance of nursing research and its application in nursing practice. (PO5, Essential III, ANA I, 2, QSEN evidence-based practice)

3. The student will identify concepts and theories that are foundational to decision-making in nursing.

(PO1, 2, Essential I, II, ANA 1, 2, 4, 5, QSEN informatics)

The student will consider the relevance of nursing research and its application in nursing practice.

(PO 5, Essential III, ANA 2, QSEN safety, evidence-based practice)

4. The student will discuss communication techniques used in nurse-patient relationships. (PO 2, 3, Essential, ANA 5, 5a, 5b, QSEN patient-centered care, safety)

The student will identify concepts and theories that are foundational to decision-making in nursing. (PO 1, 2, Essential I, II, ANA 1, 2, QSEN evidence-based practice, patient-centered care) The student will discuss communication techniques used in nurse-patient relationships. (PO 2, 3,

Essential II, VI, VIII, ANA 4, 5, 6, QSEN patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, safety) The student will describe professional nursing behaviors and values. (PO2, 4, 7, Essential V, VIII, ANA, QSEN safety, quality improvement)