NUR 250 - Medical Surgical Nursing I.

CHM 252 with a grade of C (2.0) or better; NUR 202, NUR 220 with grades of C+ (2.3) or better; PSY 313 or SWR 301. (6).

Introduction to holistic nursing care of adults with common medical-surgical conditions. Emphasis on implementing the nursing process, critical thinking, risk reduction strategies, cultural competence, and inter-professional collaboration. Students utilize prior gained knowledge from health assessment, pathophysiology, and transcultural nursing to guide decisions in providing care and optimizing the health of hospitalized patients. Theory/clinical.