NURS 3207 - Medical-Surgical Nursing Care I Practicum

Credits: 2

Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS 3309, NURS 3301, NURS 3203, NURS 3312 and NURS 3201.
Corequisites: Co-requisites Courses: NURS 3307, NURS 3204, NURS 3308, NURS 3304 and NURS 3208.
This course builds on the nursing skills covered in Fundamentals I Theory and Practicum. It requires the completion of 90 clinical hours and is a pass/fail course. This course emphasizes disease management and development of a safe caring environment for adult and geriatric clients. The nursing process of client assessment, needs identification, intervention, implementation and evaluation, and pharmacology are reinforced through assigned client experiences focused on these populations. This course is a pass/fail course and is the practicum component of NURS 3307 and must be taken concurrently.

Practicum: Practicum: 6 hours per week.