This free online course teaches you the values, roles, functions, and processes used by nurses to perform their duties.
Do you want to help sick and injured people? If so, then a career in nursing may suit you. From assessment to diagnosis, a nurse’s critical labor can mean the difference between life and death. This nursing course helps you develop the necessary skills and abilities required to excel in nursing, feel fulfilled in your personal and professional life, and constantly have the chance to advance both. Sign up to learn the fundamentals of nursing.
What You Will Learn In This Free Course
- Identify the different body systems and their functions
- Outline the concept of nursing care planning and procedures
- Recall the steps involved in crisis intervention and management
- Explain evidence-based practice and research in nursing
- Outline the various roles and responsibilities of a nurse
- List the common medical conditions and their management
- Indicate the influence of disease processes and their effects on the body
- Discuss medication administration, adverse drug reactions and medication safety
- Describe common psychiatric disorders and their treatment
- Discuss the different types of infections and the infection control measures used to prevent them
- Summarise the principles of emergency and critical care nursing
This healthcare course describes the different roles that nurses play. It starts by describing the history and evolution of nursing and outlining the duties and responsibilities of nurses. We explain how to care for people, recognise improving health conditions and symptoms of sickness deterioration, and ease pain through counselling. We then lay out the ethical and legal aspects of nursing. We go over human anatomy and physiology and explore nursing processes like care planning.
The following section is related to basic nursing skills. We explain how to maintain proper hygiene, measure and monitor vital signs, and provide wound care. We establish the importance of documentation and reporting, which guarantees an accurate and efficient exchange of information between healthcare professionals. This healthcare course discusses various approaches to health assessment and physical examination. We describe common medical conditions and their management and outline surgical nursing care and perioperative care.
The course then describes the elements of pharmacology and pathophysiology. We also study different aspects of geriatric, maternal, and child health nursing before moving on to mental health, infection control and prevention, and community, emergency, and critical care nursing. Our final section covers professional development and career planning for nurses. Sign up for this healthcare course to learn how to become a nurse and enhance your capacity to provide patients with the best healthcare possible
All Alison courses are free to enroll in, study, and complete. To successfully complete this certificate course and become an Alison graduate, you need to achieve 80% or higher in each course assessment.
Once you have completed this certificate course, you have the option to acquire an official certificate, which is a great way to share your achievement with the world.
Your Alison certificate is
- Ideal for sharing with potential employers.
- Great for your CV, professional social media profiles, and job applications.
- An indication of your commitment to continuously learn, upskill, and achieve high results.
- An incentive for you to continue empowering yourself through lifelong learning.