NURS 101L

Apply the nursing process during care and in the Interdisciplinary Care Plan.

Demonstrate professional and therapeutic communication with patients, peers, and the healthcare team.

Apply safety and infection control principals when practicing nursing.

Demonstrate competence in performing fundamental nursing skills including but not limited to sterile technique, head-to-toe patient assessments, restraint use, wound care, NGT management, specimen collection, and medication administration.

Demonstrate knowledge of pain management.

Apply legal principles, communication skills, and computer skills to nursing documentation including physician’s orders, the medication administration record (MAR), shift assessment forms, fall and skin risk screens, and interdisciplinary notes.

Assess the learning needs of patients and apply effective teaching/learning principles during patient education.