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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: RES 1501 Respiratory Equipment Lab I. Practice of techniques covered in Mechanical Ventilation Technology. Neonatal/Pediatric Respiratory Care and Cardiopulmonary Evaluation II is provided. Calibration and maintenance of equipment is covered along with cleaning procedures.
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9.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Admission to the ARNEC program Co-requisite: RNSG 2123 This course provides the foundational theory for LPNs/LPTNs to transition to the responsibilities and roles of RNs. The student is introduced to ARNEC's goals, philosophy, and learning objectives. These objectives will build on the concepts of holism, human need, nursing process, communications, safety, and wellness-illness across the life span. The student's fundamental knowledge base will evolve by introducing knowledge, assessment and clinical skills, behaviors, and critical thinking skills that are required to function in the role as a Registered Nurse. This course also explores the legal, ethical, and social issues related to the Registered Nursing role. Basic pharmacology and fundamental nursing theory, skills, and medical math will be reviewed to prepare students for subsequent semesters. This course also provides lecture content for the age group involving the newborn through adolescence (pedicatrics). The student will be provided a longitudinal view of the child as an individual on a continuum of developmental changes and as a member of a family unit. There will be discussion of social, cultural, and religious influences on child development and health promotion. Students will receive instruction on pediatric assessment, including interviewing skills, physical and behavioral observations, developmental levels, and preventive health care guidelines. Instruction will also include care of the child with cognitive and sensory impairment, chronic illness, serious body system diseases, and pain. Care of the hospitalized child, including pedicatric clinical procedures, and home care guidelines are incorporated into the content.
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9.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Admission to the ARNEC program Co-requisite: RNSG 2119 This clinical lab course enables the student to practice the knowledge, skills, and behaviors that are acquired in RNSG 2119. Students will have opportunity to learn new clinical skills along with sharpening previously learned skills. Practicum hours will include general clinical skills, medication administration, pediatric client care, and medical/surgical client care. Students are introduced to the role of the Registered Nurse by applying new skills in the assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of their clients. Curriculum concepts and comprehension are carried out per clinical application.
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8.00 Credits
Prerequisite: RNSG 2119, RNSG 2123 Co-requisite: RNSG 2223 This first part of this course utilizes an integrated approach to further emphasize the skills, knowledge, and behaviors needed to care for clients in the areas of the child-bearing family, newborn, and women's health. Topics will include normal and high-risk client care in the areas of the prenatal period, labor and delivery, postpartum, and the newborn period. The emerging field of genetics, major genetic diseases, and the role nurses play is also incorporated. Lecture content also includes human reproduction, reproductive health, family planning, female cancers, and general women's health care. The second part of this course provides principles and concepts of mental health, psychopathology, and treatment modalities related to the nursing care of clients and their families. The focus of this course is on the psychosocial impact of wellness-illness problems of the adole-scent, adult, and geriatric populations and the management and adaptation process. The course objectives will incorporate holism, human needs, growth and development, communications, safety, and wellness-illness across the life span for clients in these areas.
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9.00 Credits
Prerequisite: RNSG 2119, RNSG 2123 Co-requisite: RNSG 2216 This clinical experience allows the student to synthesize new knowledge, apply previous knowledge, and gain experience in care of the child-bearing family, newborn, and women's health. Students also use their skills in assessing and caring for children and adults with genetic abnormalities. This course also provides students with the opportunity to provide nursing care to adolescent, adult, and geriatric clients with mental illness. Students will observe and participate in treatment modalities for common mental illnesses, including therapeutic communication and safety planning. Students will engage in the clinical application of concepts covered in RNSG 2216, demonstrating progressive mastery and independence in Registered Nursing practice.
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisites: RNSG 2216, RNSG 2223 Co-requisite RNSG 2318, RNSG 2323 This course offers the student a review of material covered throughout the program. Students will receive test-taking strategies and an opportunity to practice NCLEX-style questions. The focus of this course is to review the student on what is needed to prepare for the NCLEX-RN and to begin their role as an entry-level Registered Nu
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8.00 Credits
Prerequisites: RNSG 2216, RNSG 2223 Co-requisite: RNSG 2311, RNSG 2323 This course builds upon the previous instruction and incorporates higher level nursing care, critical thinking, and clinical decision making. Management and leadership are strongly incorporated throughout this course. The student will learn to function in higher level situations by utilizing the nursing process as a framework for caring for clients with complex healthcare needs related to all body systems. The student will learn basic care methodology for clients in emergency (including bioterrorism preparedness), critical care, surgical care, and acute care and long-term care settings. Advanced pharmacological concepts are also inte-grated into this course. Concepts of holism, human needs, growth and development, communications, safety, and wellness-illness across the life span are incorporated.
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9.00 Credits
Prerequisites: RNSG 2216, RNSG 2223 Co-requisite: RNSG 2318, RNSG 2311 This clinical experience continues to build upon previous instruction and allows the student to deliver higher level nursing care, perform higher level clinical decision making, and demonstrate management and leadership skills. Team leading and care of critically-ill clients are major components of this course. Students will engage in the clinical application of concepts covered in RNSG 2318, demonstrating independence and mastery of the role of an entry level Registered Nurse.
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3.00 Credits
Survey of the fields of mass communications with emphasis on their functions, operations and problems in a democratic society. The course examines the impact of the mass media on the individual and on society.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Students must meet the criteria under either (a) or (b) as follows: (a) 19 or above on the ACT Reading Test or 44 or above on the ASSET Reading Test; (b) Completion of READ 0033 Advanced Reading Techniques with a grade of "C" or higher. Study of the basic principles of human society and social behavior. Emphasis is on concepts of culture, socialization, class relations, collective behavior, family, institutional organization, and ethnic and group interaction. A student whose placement score requires READ 0013 or READ 0033 is strongly advised against enrollment in this reading intensive course, prior to completion of READ 0013 College Reading Skills and READ 0033 Advanced Reading Techniques.
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