What do you learn in Nursing 1?

Nepenthe Sea · May 23, 2009

I just completed my first semsester of NS, and now I know:

-The difference between a non-rebreather mask and a Venturi mask, and why it's important to know the difference.

-All the different ways that a person can get nutrition (NG tube, PEG tube, PEJ, TPN), and all the different ways that waste can leave the body (various colostomies, ileostomy, Koch pouch, nephrostomy, etc.)

- How to insert a urinary catheter

-How to insert a nasogastric feeding tube, and how to irrigate, provide nutrition through it, and remove it.

-How to give an enema

-How to change a sterile dressing on a central line.

-How to care for a pressure wound

-The different precautions used in a health care setting and when to use them

-etc., etc.

We basically covered urinary and fecal elimination, wound care, asepsis, nursing history, respiratory system, altered nutrition, legal and ethical considerations, safety and first aid, communication and caring, culture and spirituality, and loss and death. Mind you, we didn't have clinicals. It was just an introductory semester for us, so just Intro to Nursing and Nursing Skills.

cursedandblessed · May 24, 2009

our fundamentals class was basically learning the things a cna does, an introduction to critical thinking and nclex questions, therapeutic communication, patient safety, the hierarchy of cna, lpn, rn responsibility, our nurse practice acts. (8 weeks)

our next class: we went through dressing changes, urinary catheters, ivpb, injections, skin conditions, o2 administration, more critical thinking, patient assessment-head to toe (can't think of anything else right now-8 weeks)

Daytonite, BSN, RN · May 24, 2009

How to act professional

Basic nursing procedures/skills

Nursing Process

Basic medical terminology