NG 345 - Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice

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This course utilizes classroom instruction, skills lab, and clinical practice settings to introduce the student to basic nursing skills and concepts. Didactic content includes evidence-based information related to specific nursing skills and interventions. Skills lab practice and performance provide the student with supervised practice and validation of skills in a laboratory setting. A clinical practice component provides the opportunity for the student to apply learned concepts and skills within the heath care practice setting under direct supervision of faculty. Success in the course is determined by the didactic knowledge assessment which must be a C or better, and by clinical/lab performance component which is Pass/Fail. To successfully complete this course, students must pass both the didactic and clinical/laboratory components. Prerequisite(s): HS 200, NG 315, HS 415, NG 340 Corequisite(s): NG 345C, NG 345L