Introduction to Nursing - NURS 101

Covers healthcare roles, patient safety, communication, assessment fundamentals, clinical reasoning, ethics, and foundational nursing concepts.

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Study guides

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8 Documentation and Continuity of Care

Learn how accurate health-record documentation, timely reporting, structured handoffs, and privacy practices support safe care across clinicians and settings.
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7 Clinical Reasoning and Care Planning

Learn how nurses use assessment, clinical judgment, prioritization, and the nursing process to plan care, respond to changing patient needs, and evaluate outcomes.
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4 Patient Safety and Infection Prevention

Learn how shared responsibility, risk assessment, environmental safety, and infection-prevention practices reduce avoidable harm in patient care.
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6 Assessment Fundamentals

Learn how to collect and interpret patient health information through interviews, observation, vital-sign measurements, and introductory physical assessment.
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5 Ethics and Professional Responsibilities

A guide to ethical nursing principles, patient rights, confidentiality, advocacy, and professional accountability in care decisions.
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3 Communication and Collaborative Care

Learn how to communicate respectfully with patients, build professional therapeutic relationships, coordinate team care, and transfer information and responsibility safely.
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2 Foundational Nursing Concepts

Explore nursing’s foundational concepts, approaches to coordinated and person-focused care, prevention, health promotion, and the steps nurses use to plan and evaluate care.
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1 Nursing Roles and Professional Foundations

Explore nursing’s professional foundations, roles, scope and accountability, and the practices that support ethical, person-centered, safe care.
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Quizzes

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7 Clinical Reasoning and Care Planning

A medium-difficulty quiz on using assessment findings, clinical judgment, prioritization, and the nursing process to guide patient care.
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6 Assessment Fundamentals

A medium-difficulty quiz on gathering health histories, observing and measuring findings, and applying introductory assessment techniques.
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5 Ethics and Professional Responsibilities

A medium-difficulty quiz on applying ethical principles, protecting patient rights, advocating for safety, and practicing professional accountability in nursing care.
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8 Documentation and Continuity of Care

A medium-difficulty quiz on accurate documentation, reporting, handoffs, continuity of care, and responsible use of patient records.
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4 Patient Safety and Infection Prevention

A medium-difficulty quiz on applying patient-safety and infection-prevention practices in healthcare settings.
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2 Foundational Nursing Concepts

A medium-difficulty quiz on foundational nursing concepts, care models, health promotion, prevention, and the nursing process.
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3 Communication and Collaborative Care

A medium-difficulty quiz on patient-centered communication, therapeutic relationships, teamwork, and safe handoffs.
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1 Nursing Roles and Professional Foundations

A medium-difficulty quiz on nursing roles, professional foundations, and safe practice.
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Flashcards

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8 Documentation and Continuity of Care

Review safe nursing documentation, urgent communication, structured handoffs, continuity of care, and confidentiality.
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6 Assessment Fundamentals

Review how to gather health-history information, observe and measure findings, and apply introductory physical assessment techniques safely.
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7 Clinical Reasoning and Care Planning

Review how nurses assess patient findings, prioritize needs, use clinical judgment, and adapt care plans based on outcomes.
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5 Ethics and Professional Responsibilities

Review core nursing ethics principles, patient rights, confidentiality, advocacy, and professional accountability.
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4 Patient Safety and Infection Prevention

Review core practices for reducing patient harm, preventing falls, and interrupting infection transmission in healthcare.
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3 Communication and Collaborative Care

Review patient-centered communication, therapeutic relationships, teamwork tools, and safe handoff practices in collaborative care.
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2 Foundational Nursing Concepts

Review foundational nursing concepts, models of care, health promotion, prevention, and the nursing process.
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1 Nursing Roles and Professional Foundations

Review the foundations of nursing practice, including professional roles, accountability, person-centered care, clinical judgment, ethics, communication, and safety.
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