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LVN 101
THEORY I: FUNDAMENTALS, PERIOPERATIVE AND ACUTE ADULT
Prepares students to practice vocational nursing. Uses the Caring Framework for the study of nursing fundamentals, nursing process, and standard nursing care for a variety of common health and illness states. Compares and contrasts nursing care systems and roles employed in health maintenance, acute illness, surgical care, rehabilitation nursing for adults and elderly, and perioperative nursing. Prepares the vocational student nurse to care for patients and integrate concepts of perioperative nursing, adapting standard nursing care to meet the needs of the elderly is a focus for the LVN role.