NURS 2702 - Fundamentals of Nursing
5 Credits
Introduces novice nursing students to the foundational values, roles, and responsibilities of the professional nurse within both contemporary and historical contexts. With a focus on health promotion across the lifespan, the course emphasizes holistic, ethical, and evidence-informed care shaped by cultural humility, social justice, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Students begin forming a professional identity grounded in the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics, while engaging in reflective practice and applying core nursing concepts such as safety, communication, informatics, and leadership. The nursing process is introduced as a systematic framework for clinical reasoning, decision-making, and person-centered care. Drawing on Chinn and Kramer’s emancipatory knowing, students critically examine the social and structural forces that influence health, cultivating insight and agency to advocate equity and transformation in nursing practice.
Pre-Requisites BIOL 2201 ,BIOL 2205 ,ENG 1108 and PSYC 1101 or PSYC 1210
Major Content Areas
Professional identity and role of the nurse
Health promotion across the lifespan
Holistic and ethical nursing practice
The nursing process and clinical decision making
Safety and quality in nursing care
Communication and interdisciplinary collaboration
Informatics and documentation
Reflective practice and lifelong learning
Physiologic concepts for nursing practice
psychosocial concepts for nursing practice
Learning Outcomes
Apply relevant nursing theories to plan and deliver prevention-focused, person-centered care across diverse populations.
Describe the evolution of the professional nurse’s role within historical and contemporary healthcare systems.
Utilize credible, evidence-informed sources to provide safe, ethical, and holistic care in practice.
Employ the nursing process as a framework for clinical reasoning, decision-making, and planning care.
Adapt communication strategies to effectively collaborate within interdisciplinary healthcare teams.
Describe behavioral change techniques that support health promotion and illness prevention across diverse populations.
Examine social and structural determinants of health using Chinn and Kramer’s emancipatory pattern and other fundamental patterns of knowing.
Reflect on personal and professional actions in alignment with the ANA Code of Ethics and shared core nursing values.
Engage in practices that promote professional identity formation, leadership, and lifelong learning.
Apply medical terminology accurately to support clear documentation, interdisciplinary communication, and patient education.
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