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2.00 Credits
This course is a practical, clinical component with an emphasis on procedural skills. As the student progresses through the clinical areas, progression from basic skills to complex skills will be incorporated into patient care being delivered. The student will develop the ability to adapt nursing procedures to give individualized patient care. This course is a prerequisite to Clinical Nursing II and all subsequent term courses. Prerequisite: LPN 1101, LPN 1103, and LPN 1201.
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1.00 Credits
This course introduces the principles of personal development and professional development including therapeutic communications, legal aspects, ethical concepts, and nursing responsibilities with the patient, family, and coworkers emphasized. Vocational responsibilities of the practical nurse including nursing organizations of the local, state, and national level are introduced. Concepts from this course are integrated in all nursing courses. This course is a prerequisite to all subsequent term courses.
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2.00 Credits
A course which develops competencies to safely administer medications. Students will use formulas for conversion of measures from the household, apothecary and metric systems to accurately calculate medication dosages. Practical application of medication administration, including accurate interpretation of orders and documentation using the nursing process will be practiced in the skills laboratory. This course is a prerequisite to all subsequent term courses.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of fundamental skills, principles, and attitudes needed to give nursing care with skill, safety, and comfort for the patient. Utilizing the nursing process, the student will have the ability to meet environmental, hygienic, activity and nutritional needs for the client. These skills will be further enhanced by the study of health assessment and documentation. The vocational responsibilities of the practical nurse are integrated into each unit. This course is a prerequisite to Basic Nursing II and all subsequent term courses.
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4.00 Credits
This course is a study of basic anatomy and physiology of the human body and all its systems. Each unit in this course is designed to include the study of major parts in the specific system of the body and interlocks the dependency of one system on another with contributions of each system to the well being of the body as a whole. This course begins the application of anatomy and physiology facts to the nursing process and its relationship to medical surgical nursing. Emphasis is placed upon the assimilation of information with the beginning stages of cognitive deduction as it relates to medical-surgical nursing. Lab values and diagnostic testing parameters are introduced in this course. This course is a prerequisite to all subsequent term courses.
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7.00 Credits
This course teaches the basics of direct patient care. Upon successful completion of this course, a student is eligible to become a certified nursing assistant in the state of Arkansas. It is approved by the Arkansas Department of Long Term Care and consists of 74 hours of classroom training consisting of theory, classroom lab and clinical skills training. In addition, Clinical skills training consists of 16 hours of supervised practical training in a facility performing tasks on an individual under the direct supervision of the instructor. Prerequisite: Applicants must be 16 years of age or older.
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1.00 Credits
The study of the aging process is called gerontology. The study of disease processes associated with the elderly is called geriatrics. The nurse must have an understanding of the normal processes related to aging in order to be able to recognize the individual who is experiencing a deviation from that norm, and to assist that person to meet his/her needs. This course discusses normal aging processes, characteristics of age, special problems associated with aging, and the nursing care of the aging patient. This course is a prerequisite to Clinical Nursing I and all subsequent term courses.
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2.00 Credits
This course covers principles of good nutrition for all age groups and modifications for therapeutic purposes including religious, ethnic, or cultural variations. This study allows students to focus on normal nutrition, prevention of disease and the role of nutrition in the ill client. Nutritional concepts are integrated through the entire curriculum. Prerequisite: LPN 1104, LPN 1103. This course is a prerequisite to all subsequent term courses.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of increasing complex skills and principles beginning with basic skills and progressing to the complex skills incorporating critical thinking to give safe, skillful patient care using the nursing process. The student will develop the ability to adapt nursing procedures to various situations with skill, safety, and concern for the patient in the ambulatory, mildly ill, seriously ill, long term illness, and emergency settings. Concepts taught in Basic Nursing Principles and Skills I will be integrated and reinforced throughout the course. Ethical, legal, and social concepts will be discussed with units as appropriate. Prerequisite: LPN 1103. This course is a prerequisite to all subsequent term courses.
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5.00 Credits
This course is a practical, clinical component with an emphasis on nursing of the mother, infant, children and medical and surgical problems. As the student progresses through the clinical areas, patient assignments will pertain to the body system being studied in Medical Surgical Nursing theory course or the units in Nursing of Mother and Infant or Nursing of Children. Nursing care delivered with focus on specific standards of care for the diagnosis of the patient. Procedures learned in Clinical Nursing I will continue to be performed with emphasis on adaptations necessary for the medical or surgical client. Students will be administering medications to their assigned patients after check off with the instructor. Prerequisite: LPN 1002 Clinical Nursing I and all previous term courses. This course is a prerequisite to all subsequent term courses.
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