Nov 22, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25
NRSE 1111 - Clinical Judgment I
Provides an introduction to the profession of nursing. Topics include the history of the profession, concepts of professional nursing practice, social determinants of health, legal foundations of practice, cultural diversity and competency, healthcare terminology, and basic communication skills. The course also includes an introduction to ethical concepts and theories impacting nursing practice, including personal values and beliefs and ethical reasoning.
Requisites: Pre-Nursing major
Credit Hours: 2
OHIO BRICKS: Bridge: Ethics and Reasoning
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to define and identify social determinants of health.
- Students will be able to recognize the impact of their own values and beliefs on clinical practice decisions.
- Students will be able to describe legal and professional expectations of registered nursing practice.
- Students will be able to describe the history of the profession of nursing.
- Students will be able to utilize the basics of written and verbal communication and healthcare terminology.
- Students will be able to define cultural competency and its relationship to healthcare delivery.
- Students will be able to describe common ethical theories, concepts, and terminology and apply them in healthcare scenarios.
- Students will be able to identify and evaluate current issues that present ethical and legal dilemmas in healthcare.
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