This course is designed to introduce students to drug therapy in order to provide safe patient care.  The learner will be guided to acquire knowledge in drug administration, major families of drugs, special dosing, indications, side effects, interactions, pharmacodynamics and nursing considerations.  In addition necessary information to provide patient and family teaching will be covered.

The purpose of this course is to help students acquire knowledge, skills and attitudes in order to understand the most recent scientifically based personal health information, master textual material through the use of effective pedagogy, think critically about health information published and distributed by various sources, apply personal health information to their lives and analyze their own health-related behavior and attitudes and change them to improve health and maintain well-being.

This course builds upon those concepts and skills learned in NRSG 212 It focuses on nursing interventions that promote optimum well-being and restoration among medical and surgical patients. In addition, principles of operating room techniques and administration of medications are explored. This course provides 6 hours of theory and 3 hours of practice in a general hospital setting.  Prerequisites: NRSG 212, and NRSG 215.

WELCOME TO MEDICAL SURGICAL I CLASS. YOUR COURSE LECTURER WILL BE ISAAC KORIR.

CLASS RULES
1. CLASSES WILL BE PHYSICAL NOT UNLESS OTHERWISE.
2. LATENESS AND ABSENTISM S HIGHLY DISCOURAGED AND 4 UNEXCUSED ABSENCES WILL CALL FOR DISMISAL FROM THE CLASS.
3. ALL EXAMS EXCEPT FINAL EXAM WILL BE DONE ONLINE.

This course builds upon those concepts and skills learned in NRSG 212 It focuses on nursing interventions that promote optimum well-being and restoration among medical and surgical patients. In addition, principles of operating room techniques and administration of medications are explored. This course provides 6 hours of theory and 3 hours of practice in a general hospital setting.  Prerequisites: NRSG 212, and NRSG 215.

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