This course provides a complete review of nursing fundamentals for students preparing for NCLEX. It covers foundational concepts such as the nursing profession and ethics, informed consent, patient rights, and legal responsibilities including advance directives, HIPAA, torts, and mandatory reporting. Core nursing principles like therapeutic communication, patient education, documentation, infection control, and safety practices are explored in depth. Students learn practical skills including proper patient positioning, bed baths, oral care, wound care, NG tube management, oxygenation techniques, urinary catheterization, and IV therapy. The course also includes comprehensive coverage of nutrition, fluid and electrolyte balance, acid-base regulation, and pain management. Gerontology modules address psychosocial, respiratory, cardiac, nervous, musculoskeletal, endocrine, renal, reproductive, immune, and sensory changes in older adults, along with dementia, delirium, depression, polypharmacy, and elder mistreatment. By combining theoretical foundations with hands-on skills and mnemonics, this course equips nursing students to confidently apply knowledge in clinical settings and excel on the NCLEX exam, ensuring safe, ethical, and effective patient care across the lifespan.