Prerequisite(s): Instructor consent

This course introduces the learner to framework of the OCNE curriculum. The emphasis on health promotion across the life span includes learning about self-care as well as patient health practices. To support self and patient health practices, students learn to access evidence about healthy lifestyle patterns and risk factors for disease/illness, apply growth and development theory, interview patients in a culturally sensitive manner, identify members of an interprofessional team, and use reflective thinking about their practice as nursing students. Includes classroom and clinical learning experiences. The clinical portion of the course includes practice with selected core nursing skills.

This course may be taken 1 time for credit.