Fundamentals of Nursing (NUR 1290)

Term: 2025 Fall Semester

Faculty

Advisor MAC Allied Health DeptShow MyInfo popup for Advisor MAC Allied Health Dept

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Jessica Dawn ChamberlainShow MyInfo popup for Jessica Dawn Chamberlain

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Jacquelyn Denise SzalmasagiShow MyInfo popup for Jacquelyn Denise Szalmasagi

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Division Chair MAC Allied Health and SciencesShow MyInfo popup for Division Chair MAC Allied Health and Sciences

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Krystal Renee RomaineShow MyInfo popup for Krystal Renee Romaine

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Jessica M HigginbothamShow MyInfo popup for Jessica M Higginbotham

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Schedule

Mon-Tue-Wed-Thu-Fri, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM (8/18/2025 - 11/26/2025) Location: MAIN AS 103

Description

Prerequisite: Acceptance into the current Practical Nursing program.
Designed to provide basic knowledge and nursing skills upon which all future care is based. Communication in a nurse-client relationship, maintenance of a safe environment, body mechanics, assessment skills, utilization of observational and manipulative skills and equipment to perform physical examinations, documentation (including spelling, punctuation, and common medical abbreviations), legal and ethical implications, cultural considerations, formulation of a plan of care utilizing the nursing process, the infectious process cycle, preventing spread of communicable disease, sterile technique, personal hygiene, urine and bowel elimination, care of the inactive client, wound assessment and care, care of the surgical client, airway management, pain management, and care of the terminally ill are emphasized.