This course aims to review general concepts about the meaning of 'Hospital' and its classifications, hospital environment, patient admission process, patient unit, and medical examination.

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to analyze the importance of community nursing and the processes of nursing care assitance in order to encourage and promote the welfare of people while respecting their cultural context.

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize general aspects of pharmacology in order to determine the action of chemical substances in the human body for therapeutical purposes. To this end, they will apply the theoretical foundations of nursing care practice.

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to identify the different structures and functioning of the systems that make up the human body, in order to recognize and identify normal body physiology.

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to apply basic nursing care to satisfy the needs for oxygenation, nourishment, and waste elimination of healthy individuals and/or patients, through the development of the skills and abilities needed in clinical practice.

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to apply the nursing care process as a methodological tool in their practice. They will also be able to develop a customized comprehensive care plan for individuals, families, and communities, applying Virginia Henderson's human needs philosophy.

Upon completion of this course, students will be able able to interpret the meaning of medical terms by identifying Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes and applying them to Virginia Henderson's assessment of basic human needs.

Upon completion of this course, students will have developed the necessary skills and abilities in clinical practice to be able to apply basic nursing care to provide healthy individuals and/or sick people with comfort and support.

Upon conclusion of this course, students will be able to analyze the advances achieved in the various specialties dealing with health in the cycles of human life, within the spheres of their biopsychosocial environment in order to make global and international management protocols more meaningful.