Description
Prerequisites: Requires Acceptance into the Program, Anatomy & Physiology I (SCI 201), General Psychology (SSI 122), Human Growth and Development (SSI 209), English Composition I (ENG 101), must be Intro to Statistics (MAT 120) eligible,
Corequisites: NUR 110 Pharmacology 1, NUR 103 Fundamentals of Nursing, Anatomy & Physiology II (SCI 202).
This course is designed to introduce the novice nursing student to the role of the nurse. The nursing student will utilize components of the Nurse of the Future Nursing Core Competencies (NOFNCC) tool kit to gain knowledge and begin skills within the ten areas of nurse competency. The ten areas are: Patient-centered care, professionalism, leadership, communication, systems-based thinking, quality improvement, safety, information technology, teamwork and collaboration, and evidence-based practice. (NOFNCC, March 2016)
Number of credit hours: 1