Practical Nursing (PRN)

This course introduces students to patient care skills and safe administration of therapeutic agents to patients of all ages. As a member of the healthcare team, students perform basic and advanced nursing care and skills in acute and long-term care facilities. Throughout the course, students apply pharmacologic concepts and principles related to the safe administration of therapeutic agents to patients of all ages and focus on the mechanisms of drug actions, principles of patient assessment with medications, and safe drug administration.