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2020-2021 UMaine Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

NUR 102 - Foundations of Nursing Practice I

This course is designed to introduce students to professional nursing practice.  Offers students the opportunity to apply nursing concepts and attitudes in a collaborative, classroom setting.  Students will develop nursing strategies to explore patient centered care, safety, comfort, and communication that will meet the selected Maine nurse core competencies.  Guiding course principles include foundations of the nursing profession, quality and safety towards delivering evidence-based healthcare.  This course will meet the learning objectives as it relates to Quantitative Literacy by significant application of math skills required to provide safe patient are in assessment, interventions, data analysis, medication administration and measurable patient evaluation/outcomes.

General Education Requirements: Students can satisfy three credits of the General Education Quantitative Literacy requirement by successfully completing NUR 102, NUR 201 and NUR 302.

Prerequisites: Nursing Major; minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5, and a minimum grade of C or better in BIO 100 and NUR 101

Corequisites: NUR 106

Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

Credits: 1.5