This five-week course will introduce you to the services that support academic success at Northern College. It will facilitate your transition from writing assignments for high school or other academic programs to writing nursing centered academic papers. It will also build upon basic mathematical concepts that are required for medication calculations, such as fractions, ratios, proportions, decimals, metric conversions, and military time. This course is mandatory and must be successfully completed prior to the commencement of the NS1004 clinical placement.