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Nov 04, 2026
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Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027
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NUR 183 Fundamental Concepts of Safety and Security Credits: (1)
In this course, students apply the nursing process in the human needs area of safety and security. Students are introduced to potential environmental and biologic threats to the well-being of the individual such as tissue injury and infection. Nursing assessments and interventions to minimize threats, provide a safe environment, and promote healing, such as medical asepsis, isolation, surgical asepsis, wound care, heat and cold therapy, and a safe process to administer medications, are included. Time required for completion of this course is dependent on the individual learner; however, it is expected that students will spend at least 45 hours in study and classroom activity. Prerequisite(s): Matriculation in Nursing.
Learning Outcomes
- Provide a safe environment.
- Utilize principles of medical and surgical asepsis in patient care.
- Assess wounds for signs of the healing process and complications of healing.
- Implement dressing changes and applications of heat and cold therapy.
- Use critical thinking to safely administer medications.
- Utilize QSEN competencies to improve the quality of patient care.
- Recognize the necessity in following QSEN standards in medication administration.
- Administer medications safely by appropriately using EHR and bar-code scanning.
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