NUR 3220 Fundamentals of Nursing sample papers, module by module

Reviewed by Gwyneth Ollerton, MSN, RN · Fundamentals of Nursing · Thomas Edison State University · Free custom samples in 24–48h

NUR-3220 introduces TESU’s pre-licensure BSN students to the principles behind safe, quality nursing care: theory, evidence and professional standards applied to basic care. The six samples here are BSN fundamentals papers, from Henderson and Orem at the bedside of a Trenton patient after hip replacement to pain assessment that checks for bias.

Send the exact assignment or rubric from your classroom and a custom sample written to it lands in 24 to 48 hours, the first one free. NUR-3220 is TESU’s Fundamentals of Nursing course. The foundational nursing course in TESU’s pre-licensure BSN, introducing the principles of safe, quality nursing practice as students explore and apply nursing theories, evidence-based practice and professional standards in basic nursing care. Searches like "nur 3220 module 3 assignment example", "NUR3220 sample paper", and "NUR-3220 module samples" land on this page.

What NUR-3220 is really about

Fundamentals papers can sound simple and still be judged hard. A strong one names the evidence behind a routine, such as hand hygiene or a pain score, shows how the routine fails in real practice and writes a plan for one patient that a classmate could follow on the next shift.

TESU does not publish the NUR-3220 syllabus, so the six drawers below are planned from the catalog description. Patients and hospitals in the samples are invented; studies, guidelines and standards are cited from their published sources.

What NUR-3220’s assessments ask for

Expect theory-based care plans, hand hygiene analyses using the five moments, pressure injury risk assessments with the Braden Scale and current staging, medication administration papers on interruptions and bar-code scanning, early warning score papers and pain assessment papers that include patients unable to self-report.

Where students lose points in NUR-3220

Marks are lost when a care plan ignores the theory it names, hand hygiene is treated as common sense, a Braden score stands in for a prevention plan, medication errors are blamed on carelessness, vital signs are recorded without trends and pain is judged by how the patient looks.

The NUR-3220 drawers

Module 1

NUR-3220 Module 1 assignment example

Module 1: caring for a 78-year-old widow on her second day after hip replacement at an invented Trenton hospital, a BSN student applies Henderson's definition of nursing and fourteen basic needs, Orem's self-care deficit theory and its three nursing systems, and the nursing process standards of the ANA. Full sample paper, read it free.

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Module 2

NUR-3220 Module 2 assignment example

Module 2: after observing hand hygiene on an invented New Brunswick medical unit during clinical, a BSN student uses the WHO five moments, a systematic review finding median compliance near 40 percent and the Geneva program in which compliance rose and hospital infections fell to propose changes. Full sample paper, read it free.

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Module 3

NUR-3220 Module 3 assignment example

Module 3: caring for an 84-year-old with pneumonia and a new reddened sacrum at an invented Edison hospital, a BSN student uses the Braden Scale's six subscales, the 2016 pressure injury staging system and a Cochrane review that found uncertain benefit from risk tools alone to plan prevention. Full sample paper, read it free.

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Module 4

NUR-3220 Module 4 assignment example

Module 4: after being interrupted eleven times during one morning medication pass on an invented Camden surgical unit, a BSN student draws on an observational study tying each interruption to more errors, a study in which bar-code administration cut errors and a review of why administration errors happen to plan safer passes. Full sample paper, read it free.

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Module 5

NUR-3220 Module 5 assignment example

Module 5: noticing that her patient's breathing rate rose from 16 to 26 over a shift on an invented Paterson medical unit, a BSN student uses a study finding that most cardiac arrests were preceded by documented warning signs, the NEWS2 scoring guidance and a study showing NEWS discriminates patients at risk of death to calculate the score and escalate. Full sample paper, read it free.

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Module 6

NUR-3220 Module 6 assignment example

Module 6: caring for a Black man after abdominal surgery and an older woman with dementia on an invented Newark surgical unit, a BSN student applies McCaffery's definition of pain, the position statement on assessing patients unable to self-report and a study of false beliefs about racial differences that led to lower pain ratings. Full sample paper, read it free.

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Using a NUR-3220 sample the right way

These samples show how a fundamentals paper ties a basic nursing practice to its evidence and to the care of one patient. Send your brief and patient scenario for a free first draft within 24 to 48 hours.

How these samples are written

NUR-3220 samples follow invented patients in invented New Jersey hospitals and cite guidelines, trials and reviews of basic nursing care as published.

NUR-3220 questions, answered

Is NUR-3220 an online course?

It is part of TESU’s pre-licensure BSN, which combines coursework with clinical and lab experiences.

Can I see the NUR-3220 syllabus?

TESU provides it to enrolled students; these drawers follow the catalog description.

Are the patients in these samples real?

No; every patient and hospital is invented, while the evidence cited is real.