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2020-2021 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PN 121 MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING I



This course examines the skills necessary to provide practical nursing care to patients across the life span that have common health problems. Basic human needs are the framework for the course content. Nursing information and skills are presented in classroom, laboratory, clinical area, and clinical conference settings. Students utilize critical thinking and the nursing process as the basis for delivery of safe practical nursing care. Students care for patients with common health problems in acute care clinical settings. Lecture: 60 hours per 8 wk session. Lab 22.5 hours Clinical: 112 hours.  7 Credits Prerequisite: PN 102 FOUNDATIONS OF PRACTICAL NURSING , PN 105 ISSUES & TRENDS IN PRACTICAL NURSING , PN 107 PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOLOGY I  and PN 109 INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL/SURGICAL NURSING ,  HL 111 ESSENTIALS OF NUTRITION , BI 215 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I w/LAB  and  BI 217 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY II w/LAB . Co-requisites: PN 110 PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOLOGY II .