Fund. of Nursing

[ibmaryann]

I am interested in what is covered in the first semester of nursing. At my school it is called Fundamentals of Nursing. I will go on MWF for a couple of hours and then on TTR for about 5 hours for lab. How indept will the first semester get. I figure you have to learn basic skills like bathing and making the hospital bed. but how deep does it get. Do you do anything with needles or IV's. I would just appreciate someone kind of giving me an outline.

Thanks in advance,

Mary Ann

[Sillynicunurse]

My first semester we just learned the basics. Handwashing, donning sterile gloves, enama's, wet to dry dressings, passing an NG tube, cleaning and suctioning a trach, making an occupied/unoccupied bed, transferring pts., foley cath, vital signs and basic assessments. Other than that it was filled with the history of Nursing and so on. No needles or IV's for us.

Enjoy your first semester!!!!!

[smk1, LPN]

we have learned in our lab class so far: drawing up injections form one or twon bottles, giving sc and im shots, cappillary blood glucose monitoring, spiking an IV bag, lung and heart sounds, doing a med pass, abdominal sounds, lots of assessment things and of course the vitals and a review of CNA skills. lots more to come still.

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

here are a handful of links to some of the fundamentals of nursing syllabi i've found on the internet. these may not be what are going to be taught in your program, but at least it is something for you to look at and contemplate. at the end i've included a list of the videos and software programs that are available to students at one of the local junior college nursing programs in the area where i live. many colleges have similar video libraries for nursing students.

http://faculty.eicc.edu/ccaldwell/nu121module.htm - from scott community college in iowa

http://www.texarkanacollege.edu/~sdroske/n1309syllabus.htm - introduction to nursing, texarcana college

http://faculty.necc.mass.edu/cvincent/nursing1/syllabus.htm

http://servercc.oakton.edu/~mikey/syllabus.html - click on units one thru six on the left side margin of this page to get specifics about what is being taught in this fundamentals nursing class at oakton community college

http://www.lee.edu/syllabus_descr.asp?crse_id=002769 - nursing skills i class and syllabus at lee college in baytown, tx.

http://www.glendale.cc.ca.us/nursing/video2005.htm - here is a listing of the nursing videos that are contained in the nursing resource library at glendale community college to give you an idea of what kind of nursing videos nursing students are often required to view over their course of nursing.

http://www.glendale.cc.ca.us/nursing/video2.htm - at the same site, a listing of the software programs and simulations used in training nurses

[Achoo!, LPN]

It's also learning about care plans. Asessement, diagnosis, planning, implementing and evaluating.

[BoonersmomRN]

I just finished my skills lab last week.

In lab we did assessments, bedbaths, bedmaking, restraints, transfering, finger sticks, vitals, foleys, NG tubes, dry sterile and wet-to-dry dressings, bandaging, IV/IM/SubQ/Transdermal/inhalation/topical meds, parenteral nutrition, I+O and enemas

[nadiag]

Hey Mary Ann,

I'm Starting My First Semester In August. Ill Be Taking Fundamentals And Pharmacology. I'm Right Here In Mobile. Maybe We Can Keep In Touch And Help Each Other Out.

[neeniebean]

Thank you for posting this-- i was curious as well.

and Thank you to those that responded :)