Med Surg Nursing I

Focuses on client care including using the nursing process, performing assessments,
using critical thinking, engaging in client education and displaying cultural
competence across the life span and with attention to special populations. Topics
include: health management and maintenance; prevention of illness; care of the
individual as a whole; hygiene and personal care; mobility and biomechanics; fluid
and electrolytes; oxygen care; preoperative care; immunology; as well as pathological
diseases, disorders and deviations from the normal state of health, client care,
treatment, pharmacology, nutrition and standard precautions with regard to the
cardiovascular, respiratory, and hematological and immunological systems.