This course will introduce you to foundational practical skills of nursing and the theoretical knowledge and principles that support those skills. The content in this course forms the basis for future clinical practice and quality patient care. You will review the frameworks of contemporary nursing care in Australia. Concepts of health and wellness will be used to enable you to consider the needs of the patient and their support network in a variety of clinical situations. A range of foundational nursing skills will be developed including, communication, health history taking, problem identification, the different types, meanings, and documentation of healthcare data, understanding and application of the clinical reasoning cycle and promotion of comfort and safety and safe movement and positioning of patients. Upon completion of this course, you will have introductory assessment skills, be able to recognise atypical vital signs and initiate a response that is appropriate to the level of a novice student nurse. Additionally, you will understand the policy, codes of conduct and protocols that guide safe and effective patient care.