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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
This course focuses on basic human needs, and the knowledge and skills necessary for health promotion, protection, restoration, and maintenance. Emphasis is on the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation), communication strategies, and professional role development. The clinical focus is on beginning application of nursing knowledge and intervention in a laboratory setting, and with selected clients in a clinical setting. Prerequisites: BIO 215, 216; CHE 195; NUR 105, 202, 203. Corequisite: NUR 205.
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1.00 Credits
This course will give the student the skills required to calculate drug dosages, convert measurement systems, select appropriate dosage utensils for medication administration, and determine the parameters for safe medication administration. Basic mathematical concepts utilizing decimals, ratio and proportion, fractions and measurement conversions are included. A score of 90 percent on the final exam is required for successful completion of this course and advancement in the nursing curriculum.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on writing skills essential for professional nurses: clear exposition, persuasive argument, effective synthesis, and mastery of mechanics. Students will write every week, both in class and take-home assignments. This course has been designated a "communication intensive" course as part of the CORE curriculum. Prerequisite:HUM 101.
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1.00 Credits
This course introduces the student to the Neuman Systems Model which is the theoretical framework used in the nursing curriculum. The evolution of nursing, nursing practice, and nursing theory is explored. Students will expand their knowledge of the scope of nursing practice, group process, and the nursing process as they relate to the care of persons and families. The focus is on critical thinking and decision making which lay the foundation for the clinical nursing courses. Prerequisites: associate's degree/diploma nurse graduate and Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) nursing graduate before 1990, or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the student to the philosophy and core concepts that comprise the framework used in the nursing curriculum. The topics of self-awareness and communication will be explored. Students are expected to expand their knowledge of group process and the nursing process. The focus is on critical thinking and decision-making which lay the foundation for the clinical nursing courses. Prerequisites: associate's degree/diploma nurse graduate.
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4.00 Credits
This is the first of three sequential courses that concentrate an increasingly complex focus on utilization of the nursing process, health assessment, communication, and professional role development in the care of adults. The clinical emphasis is on achieving and maintaining optimal wellness through health promotion, protection, restoration, and rehabilitation. Prerequisites: NUR 105, 202, 203, 205, 206, 213. Corequisite: NUR 307, 344.
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1.00 Credits
This course is the first of two that introduce the student to skills related to professional nursing practice and provide supervised laboratory practice of those skills. Prerequisites: NUR 105, 202, 203, 205, 206, 213. Corequisite: NUR 305.
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4.00 Credits
This is the first of two courses on the care of the child-bearing/child-rearing family. Concepts related to family theory, nursing theory, growth and development, cultural awareness, empowerment of parenting, and anticipatory guidance are integrated. Clinical experiences will focus on activities of health promotion, protection, maintenance, and restoration in childbearing and child-rearing families. Pre requisites: NUR 105, 202, 203, 205, 206, 213, 260, 305, 307, 344; SWK 204. Corequisites: NUR 326, 328.
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4.00 Credits
This is the second of three courses that concentrate an increasingly complex focus on utilization of the nursing process, health assessment, communication, and professional role development in the care of adults. The clinical emphasis is on achieving and maintaining optimal wellness through health promotion, protection, restoration, and rehabilitation. Prerequisites: NUR 105, 202, 203, 205, 206, 213, 260, 305, 307, 344. Corequisite: NUR 328.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the registered nurse to family health nursing, provides understanding of selected theories, frameworks, and concepts that will assist in understanding family dynamics and their relationship to family health promotion. Students investigate concepts of health promotion and health protection that will help families promote, attain, and regain health, and provide guidelines for measuring, assessing, contracting, and collaborating with families to attain higher levels of health. There is a field experience component. Prerequisites: NUR 285, registered nurse, or permission of the instructor.
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