NRSG 120A - Communication Concepts in Nursing

1.5 credit (1.5 lecture, 0 lab, 0 clinical) 1.5 contact hours [BIOL 203 and counselor/advisor permission]*

This course is designed to assist students in becoming more efficient practitioners of the communication skills that are essential to nursing. Students will explore the many ways that nurses use communication to facilitate care for the client. Students practice interviewing skills; observe, discuss and begin to develop therapeutic communication skills. Reporting and recording skills are based on the nursing process.