Clinical Nursing I is designed to introduce selected medical-surgical concepts and to provide the opportunity to expand and refine clinical skills acquired in Fundamentals of Nursing. Utilizing a systems framework, students will be introduced to the inflammatory process and pathological conditions of diabetes and the ears, eyes, nose and throat. Each system, respiratory, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, immunological, hematopoietic, integumentary systems as well as the special needs of the medical surgical patients are examined in lecture and skills. Learning will occur in the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains. In this course, students will be expected to formulate nursing care plans based on thorough assessments of assigned patients in the clinical setting and on knowledge of pathophysiology. Application of the nursing process supported by evidence base research will allow students to refine and transfer previously learned theoretical and clinical skills to a variety of clinical situations.