Description
Nursing IVA builds on the knowledge and skills acquired in Nursing IIIA and Nursing IIB. Students learn to apply the nursing process to provide all levels of prevention to diverse clients across the life span and their support system experiencing responses affecting their abilities to meet complex needs for oxygen, perception/mobility, and/or fluid and electrolytes. Students focus on commonly occurring responses to stressors and interaction of problems in these need areas. Students provide care in community and acute care facilities for both pediatric and adult clients. In the role transition from student to graduate nurse, students use the nursing process to manage care for selected groups of clients. Upon successful completion of this course, students are eligible to apply for licensure, including taking the National Council Licensure Examination to become registered nurses. (Average of 15 class and clinical hours per week, but hours per week will vary; 72 hours in the last few weeks