ADN 140 - Nursing Fundamentals

1. Apply behaviors of a professional nurse.
   1. Describe the professional nurse?s responsibility related to assessment.
   2. Demonstrate professional nursing behaviors related to assessment and infection control.
2. Identify safe nursing practice.
   1. Demonstrate principles of safety and infection control.
   2. Discuss National Safety Goals.
3. Practice communication techniques.
   1. Describe therapeutic communication.
   2. Demonstrate effective professional communication.
   3. Identify methods of documentation used in healthcare.
   4. Examine client’s ability to communicate.
4. Utilize the influence of culture on nursing care decisions.
   1. Recognize the influence of culture on assessment findings.
   2. Identify how culture affects holistic assessment.
5. Utilize knowledge of nursing care across the lifespan.
   1. Describe normal client assessment findings across the life span.
   2. Recognize alterations to assessments findings across the life span.
6. Discuss knowledge of health promotion.
   1. Apply principles of holistic assessment.
   2. Discuss principles of health and wellness.
7. Explain the nursing process.
   1. Discuss the steps of the nursing process.
   2. Utilize the nursing process in the care of clients.