Beginners Nursing

In this lesson, we are going to discuss SBAR which is a communication tool nurses can use to ensure client safety and clear communication between healthcare providers.  This is a tool that will commonly be used when calling to notify

In this lesson, we will define therapeutic communication and review ways in which communication takes place, both verbally and non-verbally.  Communication techniques will be introduced along with examples on how to use them to facilitate open communication and trust with

In this lesson, we’ll go over what advanced directives are and identify a few different types of directives that nurses need to be familiar with.  We will also outline the nurses role in ensuring that advanced directives are followed by

Throughout your education, you may have heard the term HIPAA.  What exactly does this mean though and why is it so important in healthcare privacy practices?  In this lesson, we are going to review HIPAA and outline the nurse’s responsibility

Throughout many of the lessons throughout other sections, you will see informed consent as one of the priority nursing interventions for treatments, interventions, and procedures.  In this lesson, we will review informed consent and why it is such an important

What are the rights of clients in a healthcare facility?  Do nurse’s have rights or are they required to act as instructed regardless of safety concerns?  In this lesson, we will address both clients and nurses rights and review how

In this lesson, we will discuss some of the primary legal responsibilities that help guide nursing practice.  We will also look at different types of healthcare law and identify situations that could pose a legal issue for a nurse or

What exactly are ethics?  In this lesson, we will address this question and review the primary ethics that guide nursing practice.  Additionally, potential ethical issues that could arise in the healthcare setting will be identified along with nursing interventions to

In this lesson, we will define evidence based practices and do a review of the history and importance of research practices in nursing.  We will outline the five steps of the evidence based process and then detail nursing responsibilities in

Before you review this section on Standards of Nursing Practice, it is highly recommended you view the Main Course Description on Fundamentals Nursing. For all of the lessons, please review all of the learning resources available.  It is very important