YEAR 1
NURS 1020: Clinical Practice Residential
- Basic skills
- Vital sign assessment
- Cardiovascular system assessment
- Respiratory system assessment
- Genitourinary assessment
- Gastrointestinal assessment
- Cognitive assessment
- Integumentary assessment
- Comfort/pain assessment
- Assessing cranial nerves and sensory function
- Musculoskeletal system assessment
- Assessment of nutrition, food intake, and dysphagia
- Medication administration
- Lifts and transfers
NURS 1550: Introduction to Life Sciences
- Specimen collection
- Personal protective equipment
YEAR 2
NURS 2021: Family Focused Practice
- Birth process, post-partum, and neonatal assessment
- Neonatal care and nutrition
- Pediatric assessment
- Safe medication administration
- Aseptic technique
YEAR 3
NURS 3020: Clinical Practice Focused on Acute Care
- Perioperative nursing care and documentation
- Nursing interventions upon return from the post-anesthetic care unit
- Post-operative exercises and pain management
- Care for the client with acute wounds, stitches, staple removal, burns and post-operative ostomy assessment
- IV medication administration
- IV medication administration: multiple infusions
- Care for the client with neurological issues
- Respiratory assessment, oxygen therapy, and chest tubes
- Urinary catheterization and management
- Care for the client with cardiac issues
- Care for the client requiring blood-component therapy conservation
- Care for the client requiring TPN, CVAD, and nasogastric tubes
NURS 3021: Clinical Practice Focused on Chronic Disease
- Head to toe assessment
- Functional and musculoskeletal assessment
- Intravenous therapy maintenance
- Teaching self-management techniques in complex illness
- Management of pressure ulcers and chronic wounds
- Urinary catheters
- Hospice palliative care
- Care for client requiring pulmonary care-suctioning, tracheostomy, and COPD
- Assessment of nutritional status, enteral feeding and swallowing/aspiration assessment
- Assessment of EENT, breast and testicular exams
- Promoting health management
Documentation
- SBAR, MARs
