May 23, 2026  
2026-2027 Catalog 
    
2026-2027 Catalog

NURS 2100 - Medical Surgical Nursing


Students learn and apply the principles and skills needed to care for individual patients with disease conditions, including perioperative nursing, along the health/illness continuum: Understanding of concepts basic to positive adaptation to life-threatening physiologic stress is examined. The nursing process is used to provide understanding of patients’ adaptive response to stressors, including hospitalization and disease processes. Related pathophysiology, diagnostic testing, therapeutic nutrition, pharmacology, and collaborative interventions with other healthcare professionals are integrated.

Location: B/L
Credits: 3.5
Classroom Lecture Hours: 53
Lab Hours: 0
Corequisite: NURS 2105