Fundamentals Course Introduction

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Nichole Weaver
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The Fundamentals course is the course you’ll definitely want to have for your first semester of nursing school! We introduce the Nursing Process and how to start thinking like a nurse. We’ll talk you through legal and ethical issues and how to handle emergency situations. This course will be helpful when you’re in your Fundamentals class, all throughout nursing school, and even after you graduate as a reminder and a refresher of how to think like a nurse in every aspect of the job! Upon completion of this course, you will be able to…

  1. Discuss legal and ethical issues related to nursing, including documentation, privacy laws, and advanced directives.
  2. Describe and implement the Nursing Process and rules of delegation and prioritization in your practice as a nurse.
  3. Discuss priorities of nursing care for patients at any stage of life.
  4. Determine the best course of action in an emergency or life-threatening situation.
  5. List ways to help prevent injury or complications in clients who are hospitalized.

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Concepts Covered:

  • Documentation and Communication
  • Preoperative Nursing
  • Legal and Ethical Issues
  • Communication
  • Integumentary Disorders
  • Studying
  • Prenatal Concepts
  • Prioritization
  • Intraoperative Nursing
  • Emergency Care of the Cardiac Patient
  • Delegation
  • Fundamentals of Emergency Nursing
  • Factors Influencing Community Health
  • Community Health Overview
  • Concepts of Mental Health
  • Neurological Emergencies
  • Test Taking Strategies
  • Basics of NCLEX

Study Plan Lessons

Admissions, Discharges, and Transfers
Advance Directives
Advocating For Your Patient
Applying for Jobs
Barriers to Health Assessment
Bed Bath
Being Successful in Orientation
Career Planning & Job Selection Course Introduction
Caring Licensed Practical Nurse Nursing Mnemonic (CLPN)
Certified Nurse Midwife
Charge Nurse
Climbing the Clinical Ladder
Communicating with Family Members
Communicating with Other Departments
Communicating with Other Nurses
Communicating With Other nurses
Communicating with Patients
Communicating With Pharmacy, RT, OT, PT
Communicating with Providers
Communicating With Providers
Communicating with UAPs
Communication Course Introduction
Confidence Building as a New Grad Nurse
Confidence in Communication
Confidence in Communication – Live Tutoring Archive
CRNA
Daily Charting
Day in the Life of a Community Health Nurse
Day in the Life of a Labor Nurse
Day in the Life of a Med-surg Nurse
Day in the Life of a Mental Health Nurse
Day in the Life of a NICU Nurse
Day in the Life of a Peds (Pediatric) Nurse
Day in the Life of a Postpartum Nurse
Day in the Life of an ICU (Intensive Care Unit) Nurse
Day in the Life of an Operating Room Nurse
Delegation
Documentation Basics
Documentation Course Introduction
Documentation Pro Tips
Documenting Escalation (Chain of Command)
Fall and Injury Prevention
Finding Your First Nursing Job as a New Grad
Fire and Electrical Safety
First Year in Nursing Course Introduction
Flight Nurse
Forensic Nurse
Fundamentals Course Introduction
Giving Handoff Report
Giving the Best Patient Education
Handling Job Rejection
Handoff Report
HIPAA
How to Give a Perfect Nursing Report (plus report sheet)
How to Take Nursing Report
How to Write A Nursing Progress Note
ICU Nurse Report to Floor Nurses
Interviewing with Behavioral Questions
Interviewing with Nurse Manager
Introduction to the Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
Invoicing Process
Joint Commission
Legal Aspects of Documentation
Legal Considerations
Legalities of Charting
License Maintenance
Linen Change
Live Bedside Report OB and PACU
Live Bedside Report Medsurg (Medical surgical)
MSN (Masters) vs. DNP (Doctorate)
Networking 101
NRSNG Live | From Student to Real Nurse
NRSNG Live | Avoiding Legal Issues as a Nurse
NRSNG Live | So You Want to be a Surgical Nurse?
NRSNG Live | The Successful State of Mind
Nurse Educator
Nurse-Patient Relationship
Nursing Care Delivery Models
Nursing Interviews & Resumes Course Introduction
Nursing Report & Communication Course Introduction
Nursing Skills (Clinical) Safety Video
Nursing Skills Course Introduction
OB (Labor) Nurse Report to OB (Postpartum) Nurses
Oncology nurse
Patient Education
Patients with Communication Difficulties
Portfolio
Precepting a New Nurse
Precepting a Student
Prioritization
Prioritization
Prioritizing Assessments
Provider Phone Calls
Radiation Safety for Nurses
Remaining Calm
Report For Transferring To a Higher Level of Care
Research Nurse
Resume and Cover Letter
RN to MSN
Safety Checks
SBAR and How to Give Handoff Report like a BOSS – Live Tutoring Archive
SBAR Communication
SBAR Communication Nursing Mnemonic (SBAR)
SBAR Practice Scenarios
Shift change and Patient handoff
The Customer Voice
The Medical Team
The Nurse Routine
The Top 5 Things You Need To Know About Documentation 1 – Live Tutoring Archive
The Top 5 Things You Need To Know About Documentation 2 – Live Tutoring Archive
Therapeutic Communication
Time Management
Transition To Practice
Transition to Practice Course Introduction
Trusting your Gut
What Guides Nurses Practice
Why CEs (Continuing education) matter
Working night shift
Working with a Preceptor