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Course Criteria
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2.00 Credits
2 credits This course provides an opportunity for the practical nursing student to reinforce, through direct application in clinical settings, fundamental theories and skills learned in NUR101 Fundamentals of Practical Nursing and BIO115 Human Biology. This clinical experience allows the practical nursing student to apply Orem's theory of nursing and become more independent in the practice of delivering basic, safe nursing care to adult clients who are experiencing health deviation and/or self-care deficits in acute and sub-acute care agencies. Prerequisites: NUR101, BIO115. Co-requisites: ENG101, PSY105.
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14.00 Credits
14 credits This course focuses on the developmental self-care requisites of culturally diverse individuals across the lifespan. Content and skills developed in NUR101 (Fundamentals of Practical Nursing) and NUR103 (Practical Nursing Practicum), will be expanded to assist the student to care for this client population. This course is divided into three components of nursing care needs: 1) care of the childbearing family; 2) care from infancy through adulthood 3) care of the client experiencing mental health disorders. The clinical component of the course includes maternity, pediatric, and adult health care experiences. Prerequisites: NUR103, ENG101, PSY105. Co-requisite: PSY110.
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5.00 Credits
5 credits This (final) nursing course assists the practical nursing student in learning to care for groups of adult clients recovering from selected disease or injury and/or concluding one's life as comfortably as possible. It also introduces the student to the principles of management within the scope of practice. Emphasis is placed on the use of the nursing process to meet the identified needs of assigned clients. This course provides opportunities for clinical experiences in sub-acute, acute, and long-term health care agencies, and in selected clinics. Prerequisites: PSY110, NUR105.
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7.00 Credits
7 credits This course introduces the student to the concepts of nursing, nursing education, health care, and the nursing process. Emphasis is placed on basic nursing skills. Each student develops an individualized client assessment focusing on these functional health patterns: health maintenance, nutrition metabolic, elimination, and activity/exercise. Clinical experiences are provided in long term care settings. Core components and competencies are introduced. These include professional behaviors, communication, critical thinking, collaboration with others, managing time, assessment, basic interventions, and teaching/ learning. Prerequisite: MAT124. Co-requisites: BIO203, ENG101, PSY105. Fall.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits This course builds upon the understanding of the human needs of clients, nursing process, and core components introduced in NUR111 Foundations of Nursing. Through planned classroom and clinical experiences ranging from care of the child in extended care to a variety of child health practice areas in the community, the student has the opportunity to apply the nursing process to the care of the child and family in diverse settings. The student is introduced to concepts from the bio-psycho-social sciences that apply to caring for the child at varying stages of development. Common childhood illnesses are discussed. In addition to developing collaborative plans, students are guided through the process of developing an individualized nursing care plan for a selected client. Prerequisite: NUR11I. Co-requisites: BIO204, BIO205, PSY110. Spring.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits This course builds upon the understanding of the human needs of clients, nursing process, and core components introduced in NUR111 Foundations of Nursing. Through planned classroom and clinical experiences in labor and delivery, newborn nursery, and postpartum, the student has the opportunity to apply the nursing process to the care of the childbearing client. The student is introduced to concepts from the bio-psycho-social sciences that apply to the childbearing client. In addition to developing collaborative plans, students are guided through the process of developing an individualized nursing care plan for a selected client. Prerequisite: NUR111. Co-requisites: BIO204, BIO205, PSY110. Spring.
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2.00 Credits
2 credits This course will introduce and instruct nursing students on basic pharmacology content to prepare for the NCLEX Exam and for a foundation in practice. Prerequisites: MAT124, NUR111 or NUR107, or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Intersession and Summer.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course facilitates the transition from nursing education to practice. An historical perspective is presented to encourage the student to understand the influence of nursing history on contemporary practice. Content is structured such that current issues in nursing are discussed. Students participate in small group work and present a brief learning unit to the entire class. This activity reinforces teaching learning, collaboration, communication, and professional behavior roles of the nurse. Concepts basic to the performance of entry level nursing are discussed. These include the health care delivery system, leadership/management, delegation, conflict, time management, advocacy, and political action and ethical/legal principles. Service Learning is a required component. Prerequisites: NUR220, NUR230, SOC103, ENG102. Co-requisites: NUR222, PER126/130, Humanities or Business elective. Spring.
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6.00 Credits
6 credits Medical-Surgical Nursing Part I focuses on the nursing care of clients with common recurring health problems. The organizing structure is based on human needs, the nursing process, life cycle, and the three interrelated roles of provider of care, manager of care, and member within the discipline of nursing. The health problems discussed include oncology, respiratory, cardiovascular/hematology, and endocrine dysfunction. Emphasis is placed on continuing care needs of individual clients, implications of aging, and acute care skills. Concomitant clinical experiences are selected to enable the student to develop the knowledge and skill required to provide the nursing care needed by individual clients. Prerequisites: NUR113, NUR114, BIO204, BIO205, PSY110. Co-requisites:NUR230, ENG102, SOC103. Fall.
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10.00 Credits
10 credits This course focuses on the nursing care of groups of clients experiencing common recurring health problems. The organizing structure is based on human needs, the nursing process, life cycle, and the three interrelated roles of provider of care, manager of care, and member within the discipline of nursing. Life cycle concepts are reinforced as important considerations in planning client care. The health problems discussed include gastrointestinal, neurological, muscular-skeletal, renal, urinary, reproductive, and sensory dysfunction. Emphasis is placed on developing skill in managing the care of more than one client, participating in the planning for the continuing care needs of clients, and refinement of skills. Prerequisites: NUR220, NUR230, SOC103, ENG102. Co-requisites:PER126/130, NUR204, humanities or business elective. Spring.
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