RNSG 1111 — Medical- Surgical I-Foundations of Health Promotion, Maintenance, and Restoration Across the Lifespan
This course is designed to provide an introduction to professional nursing, the nursing process, health promotion, maintenance and restoration across the lifespan. The focus is on nursing history, nursing as a profession, roles of the associate degree nurse, social, cultural, legal, and ethical implications, standards of nursing practice, cultural diversity, health care systems, medical terminology, health assessment , growth and development, asepsis, hygiene, safety, activity and exercise, oxygenation, urinary and bowel elimination, pain management, nutrition, skin and wound care, and basic pharmacology