"Introduction to Cognitive and Affective Skills" (NS 127) is an associate degree nursing course offered at Chattanooga State Technical Community College to help students develop competencies in decision making, communication, teaching-learning, and management. The course syllabus for NS 127 begins with information on class, laboratory, and credit hours; prerequisites; textbooks; week-by-week course content; course competencies; evaluation criteria; and curriculum coding. The bulk of the syllabus presents objectives, textual information, assignments, and questions keyed to the textbook for each of the five course units. The units focus on: (1) the analysis, planning, implementation, and evaluation phases of the decision-making process; (2) the care of patients in acute care facilities; (3) the nursing role of communicator and the therapeutic use of self; (4) the nursing role of patient teacher; and (5) the care of patients with health deviations of the musculo-skeletal subsystem. An evaluation instrument for relevant clinical behaviors is included. (EJV)