NU 246 Clinical Nursing Concepts and Skills

Prepares students to utilize the nursing process in implementing clinical nursing skills and technologies when caring for clients with acute and chronic illness. Builds upon the basic knowledge and skills practiced in NU 236. Students are expected to incorporate evidence-based practice to determine appropriate nursing interventions and apply simulated laboratory skills and rationale into meaningful clinical encounters in concurrent clinical course settings. Prerequisites: BIO 161, BIO 161L, BIO 162, BIO 162L, BIO 260, BIO 260L, CHM 125, CHM 125L, NU 234, NU 226, and NU 236. (2)