NURS 112 — Nursing Foundations
An introduction to the study of nursing, which includes understanding the role of the LVN, developing effective communication skills to better understand patient needs, and identifying medical terminology so as to understand treatments and carry out doctor’s orders. Ethical and legal responsibilities of the LVN will also be discussed, as well as concepts of holistic health and transcultural nursing, to prepare students for encounters with people of different cultures. Prerequisites: NURS 100: Nurse Assistant, BIOL110 Human Biology, BIOL112 Human Physiology, HES170, Introduction to Nutrition, NURS 111, Med-Dosage Calculations, and acceptance into nursing program