10.00 Credits
Nursing I students focus on providing safe, effective nursing care to clients with common, predictable problems. Nursing I students are introduced to the six goals of the nursing program and begin to apply each goal to maximize health potential. The six goals are divided into the art and science of nursing. The goals addressing the art are: Communicate Competently, See Issues From Multiple Perspective, and Develop Life Skills. The goals addressing the science are: Solve Problems, Retrieve Information, and Apply Therapeutic Nursing Interventions. Clinically, students receive direction from nursing faculty. Nursing theory, as well as laboratory and clinical experiences, provide the opportunity to apply the goals. Credit hours changed Fall 1997.