American Samoa Community College MOODLE
15 Week Session
This is a beginning-nursing course that explores the basic concepts and skills relevant to nursing practice. Emphasis is on the knowledge and application of the nursing process and evidence-based nursing in approaching patient care situations in the acute care settings under the supervision of the faculty. A safe practice of faculty to student ratio is 1:5 at all clinical sites. Students must pass all nursing math, theory and clinical components in order to pass the course. (Note: 4 lecture credits, 4 clinical laboratory credits)
This is a beginning-nursing course that explores the basic concepts and skills relevant to nursing practice. Emphasis is on the knowledge and application of the nursing process and evidence-based nursing in approaching patient care situations in the acute care settings under the supervision of the faculty. A safe practice of faculty to student ratio is 1:5 at all clinical sites. Students must pass all nursing math, theory and clinical components in order to pass the course. (Note: 4 lecture credits, 4 clinical laboratory credits)
The course discusses the evolution of nursing as a profession, the role of the practical nurse, the health care system, legal and ethical concepts in nursing, and nursing opportunities. (Note: 2 lecture credits)
The course focuses on the basic knowledge of the mechanism of action, toxicity, and nursing and other therapeutic uses and implications of the major categories of drugs. Knowledge is applied to patient care situations in which drugs are used in the maintenance of health and treatment and prevention of illness. (Note: 3 lecture credits)
- Teacher: Lele Ah Mu