NUR 1126 - Basic Medical Surgical Nursing

Institution:

Columbia State Community College

Subject:

Nursing

Description:

This course continues to focus on patients' basic needs with emphasis on the nursing process to establish and maintain a safe environment. Students are introduced to basic concepts of medical-surgical nursing including: fluid and electrolytes, nutritional support, and nursing care of patients with neoplasms. The course covers alterations in health related to special sensory disorders and men's reproductive health. All units contain physical, cultural and pyschological stressors which are considered as co-contributors to the development of various disease processes. Development stages, pharmacology, nutrition, communication, history, trends, community and legal/ethical are integrated throughout the course. Specific stressors interfering with regulation, nutrition, homeostasis, elimination and adaptive coping patterns are examined in terms of the nursing process. Specific patient problems and the influence on other basic needs, as described by Maslow, are identified. (NUR 1127 & NUR 1126 together replace NUR 1125).

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.columbiastate.edu

Phone Number:

(931) 540-2722

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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