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  • 3.00 Credits

    Meets MN Transfer Goal Area 5 - History, Social and Behavioral Sciences. This course provides students an overview of the core concepts and methods of the social sciences. Students examine their world and current national and international issues from the perspectives of anthropology, sociology, political science, history, psychology and economics. Prerequisite(s): READ0304, ENGL0304 or Appropriate Accuplacer Score. (3 C: 3 lect/pres, 0 lab, 0 other)
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will enable you to recognize how you can prevent the spread of disease and promote wound healing. You will study the structure and function of microorganisms, the various diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms, and the methods of transmission of disease. Various methods of sterilization and disinfection will be studied. You will classify wound types and study the wound healing process in conjunction with the body's defenses against disease. You will also learn to protect yourself by studying the concept of standard precautions. (2 C: 2 lect/pres, 0 lab, 0 other)
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will enable you to assist in the preparation of drugs used in the operating room. You will study the uses, routes of administration, equipment needed and possible side effects of these drugs. The metric and apothecary systems of measure will be studied. You will convert standard time to military time, do temperature conversions, and study how to prepare a solution. Emphasis will be placed on the legal and safety aspects of drug administration. Prerequisite(s): HLTH1440, BLGY2320 or HLTH1444, HLTH1440 (2 C: 2 lect/pres, 0 lab, 0 other)
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will enable students to recognize the surgical technologist as an essential part of the medical team providing surgical care to patients in an operating room setting. Students will study the total operating room environment, which includes preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative care. Emphasis will be placed on safety and the principles of aseptic technique. Corequisite(s): SURG1400, SURG1404, SURG1424 (3 C: 3 lect/pres, 0 lab, 0 other)
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will enable students to perform fundamental operating room skills, to identify instruments and to prepare supplies necessary for surgical case management. Included will be a basic knowledge of Electricity, Physics and Robotics. Students will accomplish this by having the opportunity to observe, practice and demonstrate these skills in a lab setting. Emphasis will be placed on demonstrating the principles of aseptic technique as they apply to skills inherent in the role of the surgical technologist. Prerequisite(s): BLGY2320, HLTH1440 or HLTH1444, HLTH1440 (4 C: 0 lect/pres, 4 lab, 0 other)
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will enable students to understand various types of surgical procedures. Students will accomplish this by studying surgical anatomy, abnormalities, and the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative processes as they relate to each type of surgery. Students will relate the knowledge learned in previous theory courses to specific surgical procedures. The types of cases to be studied will include laparotomies, hernia repairs, and surgeries performed on the reproductive, urinary, digestive, skeletal, muscular, endocrine, sensory, respiratory and nervous system organs. This course will also enable students to seek employment. Students will write a letter of application and a resume and follow-up letter. Students will practice for an interview. Prerequisite(s): SURG1400, SURG1404, SURG1420, SURG1424 (6 C: 6 lect/pres, 0 lab, 0 other)
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will enable students to understand various types of surgical procedures. Students will accomplish this by studying surgical anatomy, abnormalities, and the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative processes as they relate to each type of surgery. Students will relate the knowledge learned in previous theory courses to specific surgical procedures. The types of cases to be studied will include surgeries performed in Oral/Maxillofacial and Plastic/Reconstructive specialties. Prerequisite(s): SURG1442 (1 C: 1 lect/pres, 0 lab, 0 other)
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will start you on the road to becoming a functional member of the surgical team in the capacity of a surgical technologist. The student will implement skills learned in prior surgical technology theory and lab courses. The student will be scrubbing for a variety of surgical procedures and assisting the circulating nurse. The student will also be working with central processing, unit support, and instrument room personnel. The complexity of duties will increase as the semester progresses. During this semester, the student will have two rotations at area health care institutions. The student must pass the first rotation in order to continue on the 2nd rotation. Corequisite(s): EMSC 1480, SURG 1400, SURG 1404, SURG 1420, SURG 1424. Corequisite(s): SURG1442 Prerequisite(s): EMSC1480, SURG1424 must be taken in the semester immediately preceding SURG 1462 (14 C: 0 lect/pres, 14 lab, 0 other)
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will enable students to be a functional member of the surgical team in the capacity of a surgical technologist. During this 3-week rotation, students will become independent practitioners by performing all of the duties of a surgical technologist in the cases they are assigned to scrub. Students will sharpen the skills learned in prior surgical technology theory and lab courses. The students will complete any experience with the central processing, unit support, and instrument room personnel that was not available to them in SURG 1462. Corequisite(s): SURG1443 Prerequisite(s): SURG1462, SURG1442 (3 C: 0 lect/pres, 3 lab, 0 other)
  • 3.00 Credits

    This is an introductory algebra course. The course is designed for students who have no previous experience in algebra and for those who need a review of basic algebraic concepts. The primary goals of this course are to help individuals acquire a solid foundation in the basic skills of algebra and to show how algebra can model and solve authentic real-world problems. (3 C: 2 lect/pres, 1 lab, 0 other)
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