NURS 2237 - Nursing Concepts III

Credit Hours: 7
Contact Hours: 4 Lecture, 9 Clinical
Offered: Fall, Spring

Emphasizes critical thinking in the care of adult, child, and maternity clients. Students utilize nursing skills to prioritize the needs of medical/surgical adult clients; care of women with normal and high-risk pregnancy including other women’s health issues; care of the newborn and healthy child; and care of children with acute and chronic conditions. Students will complete a total of 135 clinical hours in obstetrics, pediatrics, and adult medical/surgical clinical settings.

Prerequisite: NURS 1226 - Nursing Concepts II or NURS 2226 - LPN-RN Transition Concepts
Prerequisite or Corequisite: BIOL 2503 - General Microbiology BIOL 2501 - General Microbiology Laboratory, ENGL 1203 - Composition I, and PSYC 2963 - Developmental Psychology: A Life Span