Foundations of Assessment and Communications in Nursing (NURS 20020)
Competencies: Skills gained in courseThis course provided me with a foundation in nursing and health care knowledge and skills. This class included a lecture and a lab portion in which nursing and communication skills where assessed. It introduced the nursing process, health assessment , community-based nursing, the holistic approach to clients, spirituality, culture, religious practices, the multiple roles of nurses, the significance of communication, therapeutic communication, health and medical histories, subjective and objective data, nursing diagnoses, basic care plans for clients, psychological and psychosocial concepts that affect the health of a client, health promotion, professional nursing, client education, documentation, and disease prevention among other important topics.
Personal Reflection: What did you gain from course?
I learned that nursing is centered on the clients and their needs and that as a student I am building a foundation of knowledge in which I will draw on in my interactions with future clients. I realized that assessments are extremely important and that the client-nurse relationship is significant as well. It is essential to consider all the information and data that you can gain about a client when forming diagnoses. Interaction with the client is central to nursing.
