PNUR 147 - Introduction to Practical Nursing Concepts II-B

Institution:

Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

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Description:

Builds upon the fundamental nursing practice skills of the certified nursing assistant (CNA) curriculum. This course focuses on intermediate clinical skills necessary to provide safe and effective aseptic practical nursing care. The clinical skills include psychomotor skills, rationale, critical thinking, and physical assessment/data collection, including vital sign data collection. This course also builds upon the fundamental skills covered during CNA education and focuses on skills that include safety, sterility, isolation with sterility, oxygen therapy, safe medication administration (oral, parenteral and non-parenteral) introduction to IV therapy and IV pumps, enemas, urinary catheter insertion and care, specimen collection, ostomy care and central line awareness. Finally, this course emphasizes the concept of caring and caring interventions and uses hands-on skill development, theory and simulation scenarios to facilitate student learning. A course fee is required. Enrollment is restricted to students accepted into the Practical Nursing certificate, who have graduated from HACC's Certified Nursing Assistant training program. Prerequisite BIOL 121 with a grade of C or higher; Students are to follow a cohort and take courses that follow a sequence designed by the Department of Nursing.

Credits:

1.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

BIOL 121

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Instructional Type:

Multiple

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.hacc.edu

Phone Number:

(717) 780-2300

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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