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2.00 Credits
2 class hours 2 Credits Prerequisites: NUR 1010, NUR 1142 Co-requisites: NUR 1022/1022L, NUR 1061L, NUR 1023L (for the day program) This course presents an introduction to the concepts and skills of health assessment with a focus on normal physical assessment findings. The course is designed to assist students to integrate observations, inferences, and relationships among patient data when performing health assessments. Students will learn to apply various communication techniques to gather information regarding a client; they will also utilize inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation to examine a client's body from head-to-toe. Through lectures, discussions, videos, and laboratory practice, students will be prepared to take complete health histories, perform physical examinations, and record data from same.
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1.00 Credits
3 laboratory hours 1 Credit Prerequisites: NUR 1010, NUR 1142 Co-requisites NUR 1022/1022L, NUR 1061, NUR 1023L (for the day program) This course presents an introduction to the concepts and skills of health assessment with a focus on normal physical assessment findings. The course is designed to assist students to integrate observations, inferences, and relationships among patient data when performing health assessments. Students will learn to apply various communication techniques to gather information regarding a client; and perform head to toe examinations. Students will be prepared to take complete health histories, perform physical examinations, and record data from same. Laboratory practicum is provided for the development of these physical skills.
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2.00 Credits
This course is part of the first semester in the Advanced Placement Nursing Program. Enrolled students are licensed practical nurses (LPN), paramedics, respiratory therapists (RT), and cardiovascular technologists (CVT). The course has a dual focus: (1) to assist students to integrate observations, inferences, and relationships in performing health assessment, and (2) to become proficient in technical skills at the level required for professional nursing. Students will learn communication techniques necessary to gather information regarding a client, physical assessment techniques needed to examine a client from head to toe, and procedures required for patient care. The course utilizes experiences in the classroom through lectures, videos, and discussions.
* Nursing Mobility Exam (as required); an active and clear (without discipline) Florida certificate or license as a Paramedic, Respiratory Therapist (RRT), Cardiovascular Technician (RCVT), or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) is required. Paramedics, RRTs, and RCVTs must be Florida certified nursing assistants.
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1.00 Credits
This course is part of the first semester in the Advanced Placement Nursing Program. Enrolled students are licensed practical nurses (LPN), paramedics, respiratory therapists (RT), and cardiovascular technologists (CVT). The course has a dual focus: (1) to assist students to integrate observations, inferences, and relationships in performing health assessment, and (2) to become proficient in technical skills at the level required for professional nursing. Students will practice communication techniques necessary to gather information regarding a client, physical assessment techniques needed to examine a client from head to toe, and procedures required for patient care. A laboratory practicum is provided for the development of physical skills.
*Nursing Mobility Exam (as required); an active and clear (without discipline) Florida certificate or license as a Paramedic, Respiratory Therapist (RRT), Cardiovascular Technician (RCVT), or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) is required. Paramedics, RRTs, and RCVTs must be Florida certified nursing assistants.
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1.00 Credits
Medication administration requires specialized knowledge, judgment, and nursing skills based on the principles of pharmacology. The focus of this course is to introduce the student to the nurse’s role in the delivery and maintenance of safe and efficient drug treatment. Basic concepts of medication management are introduced. Content includes drug actions, systems of delivery, routes of administration, factors affecting drug action, ethical and legal concepts related to drug administration, and calculating medication dosages. This course may require some basic computer skills and CE6. The instructor will demonstrate CE6 in class.
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5.00 Credits
This transitional course introduces the student to the Nursing Program’s philosophy, conceptual framework, and outcomes. The course includes content on the nursing process, legal and ethical issues, and expanded clinical skills. Using the nursing process, students assess human needs, alterations of human needs, and nursing interventions necessary to meet these needs. The student is introduced to the role of provider of care, manager of care, and member within the discipline of nursing. The course utilizes experiences in the classroom and clinical facilities to address nursing care of clients in acute care settings.
*Nursing Mobility Exam (as required); an active and clear (without discipline) Florida certificate or license as a Paramedic, Respiratory Therapist (RRT), Cardiovascular Technician (RCVT), or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) is required. Paramedics, RRTs, and RCVTs must be Florida certified nursing assistants.
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0.00 Credits
Using the nursing process, students assess human needs, alterations in human needs, and nursing interventions necessary to meet these needs. The student is introduced to the role of provider of care, manager of care, and member of the discipline of nursing. The course utilizes experiences in the clinical facilities to address nursing care of clients in acute care settings. This course may require some basic computer skills and CE6. The instructor will demonstrate CE6 in class, if used.
*Nursing Mobility Exam (as required); an active and clear (without discipline) Florida certificate or license as a Paramedic, Respiratory Therapist (RRT), Cardiovascular Technician (RCVT), or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) is required. Paramedics, RRTs, and RCVTs must be Florida certified nursing assistants.
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7.00 Credits
Students continue to develop their roles as a member of the profession of nursing and as a provider of care to clients with uncomplicated medical-surgical alterations in health. Application of theory to practice is emphasized. Knowledge, techniques, and skills related to promoting, restoring, and maintaining health are taught. Learning experiences include the following: lecture-discussion and a scholarly paper. This course will require some basic computer skills.
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0.00 Credits
Clinical experiences take place in acute care facilities and community settings to assist students to develop their roles as providers of care, managers of care, and professionals within the discipline of Nursing. This course will require some basic computer skills.
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1.00 Credits
NUR 1511, the first in a series of three devoted to mental health nursing, assists students to refine communication skills introduced in earlier nursing courses and to develop a beginning understanding of the dynamics of human behavior, as applied in mental health nursing and in the psychosocial sphere of general nursing care. Select mental health experiences and activities will be incorporated into NUR 1211L, Adult Nursing I (Basic Nursing students) or NUR 2424L, Maternal Nursing Concepts (Advanced Placement Nursing students). These clinical learning experiences will provide students with the opportunity to further develop their roles as provider of care, manager of care, and professional within the discipline of nursing. NUR 1511 may require students to utilize basic computer skills and computer-assisted instruction.
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