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Oct 23, 2026
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NURS 1160 - Foundations of Professional Nursing
Credits: 2
Catalog Description
This course will enable students to demonstrate an understanding of the nurse’s unique role in healthcare across the lifespan and continuum of care. Students are guided to utilize knowledge from the sciences, humanities, and nursing to explore the client as a holistic being. It introduces legal, ethical, regulatory, and practice frameworks for the role of the professional nurse. The content will enable the student to develop a foundation of conceptual knowledge to recognize quality/safety standards, use informatics, and foster clinical reasoning, effective communication, and cultural sensitivity and humility. The student will explore being an ethical member of the healthcare team, engaging in self-reflection, and committing to lifelong professional development.
Prerequisite(s) (must have a grade of C or better) or Corequisite(s): BIOL 2113 , ENGL 1130 , and CHEM 1050
Corequisite(s): NURS 1162 and NURS 1190
Recommended Skills, Abilities, or Coursework: CPR, Certified Nursing Assistant Registry
Additional fee to student: Yes
Learner Outcomes
- Examine the roles and responsibilities of the professional nurse.
- Describe the legal, ethical, social, regulatory, and educational factors influencing the profession of nursing.
- Utilize the nursing process and clinical reasoning when planning care for diverse clients with actual or potential health problems.
- Examine personal responsibility for ethical and professional performance, self-reflection, and life-long learning.
- Demonstrate awareness of cultural influences for providing safe, effective, and holistic care.
- Determine evidence-based information derived from course-related research findings in the application of fundamental nursing care.
- Discuss the professional nurse’s role in effective communication using various modalities.
Major Areas of Course Content
- Professional Integrity as a Foundation of Nursing
- Attributes and Responsibilities of a Professional Nurse
- Professional Behaviors
- Clinical Decision-Making
- Ethics
- Leadership
- Legal Issues
- Social Justice
- Care Competencies
- Holistic Nursing Process/Client-Centered Care
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Safety and Quality
- Teaching and Learning
- Health Care Delivery
- Managing Care
- Quality Improvement
- Informatics
- Evidence-Based/Evidence Informed Practice
- Health Care Systems and Delivery
- Physiological Integrity as a Foundation of Nursing
- Homeostasis and Regulation
- Fluid & Electrolyte Balance
- Thermoregulation
- Cellular Regulation
- Intracranial & Neural Regulation
- Metabolism
- Elimination
- Oxygenation
- Perfusion
- Cognition
- Nutrition
- Mood & Affect
- Protection and Movement
- Immunity
- Inflammation
- Infection
- Tissue Integrity
- Sensory Perception
- Comfort
- Mobility
- Psychosocial Integrity as a Foundation of Nursing
- Lifespan Growth and Development as a Foundation of Nursing
- Determinants of Health
- Spirituality
- Culture
- Diversity
- Human Growth & Development
- Health Care Disparities
Credit for Prior Learning Options
No credit for prior learning option is available for this course.
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