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Self-Care Nursing I & II

 
Course Information
Classroom 4
Lab 12
Credits 8
Co/Prerequisites SCIC201, Provider level CPR (AHA/ARC), Liability Insurance
Programs Requiring This Course

This course provides the student with knowledge of fundamental concepts based on Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing. Major concepts to be explored are the nursing process, communication process, teaching process, and interpersonal helping process. Nutrition, pharmacology, and legal aspects will also be introduced. Basic psychomotor skills, which may be used by the Associate Degree nurse as a care agent will be taught. This course provides 12 hours of lab/clinical for a full semester to provide opportunities to integrate theory with clinical practice. There are 4 lecture hours each week.