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6.00 Credits
Prerequisite: CHEM 1001, ENGL 1001, ENGL 1002, MATH 1021, PSYC 2000, BIOL 1162. STAT 2011 or PSYC 2070 may be taken as a prerequisite or as a corequisite but must be taken prior to entering NURS 2050/2052. Proof of LPN Licensure. An introduction to the philosophy and conceptual framework of the curriculum of LSUA Department of Nursing. The nursing process and other concepts basic to the practice of nursing are explored. These include: professional role socialization, adaptive and maladaptive responses to stress and application of the nursing process in mental health settings. Required activities in the nursing laboratory experience provide for refinement and enhancement of nursing skills and techniques. A weekly six hour clinical experience is provided in a mental health setting. This course is designed to be the first nursing course taken by the LPN.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: NURS 1016 or successful completion (.C. or better) of a credit examination administered by the Department of Nursing, STAT 2011, PSYC 2000 and BIOL 1162. .Medical Surgical Nursing I. provides for the study of patients with well defined medical-surgical problems. The nursing process is used to focus on needs of patients responding to stress and illness. Major concepts and theories of selected medical-surgical disorders include interruption in tissue integrity, pain, altered ventilatory function, derangement of body fluids, and mechanisms of shock. To facilitate transfer of these concepts to clinical performance, nursing care of patients adapting to the stress related to surgical intervention, cancer, burns, and dermatological disorders, and those experiencing oxygen deprivation will be provided in general hospital medical-surgical units. Orientation to surgery and recovery rooms will be provided.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: NURS 1016 or successful completion (.C. or better) of a credit examination administered by the Department of Nursing, STAT 2011, PSYC 2000, and BIOL 1162. .Psychiatric- Mental Health Nursing. is designed as a study of man.s adaptive and maladaptive responses to stress throughout the life cycle. The principal focus of the course is on the utilization of the nursing process with clients in mental health settings which provide secondary care. Particular emphasis is given to the use of techniques of communication which are appropriate for one-toone psychotherapeutic nurse-patient relationships. The concepts of stress-adaptation, basic human needs and developmental processes are interwoven in the structure of the course, and an eclectic view of other relevant contemporary theories is presented. Guided clinical laboratory experiences are provided.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisites: NURS 1022, 1024. .Nursing Perspectives. surveys nursing history and presents current issues, problems, and emerging trends. Concepts explored include legal aspects, professional organizations, and role transition from student to practitioner. Responsibilities of the registered nurse and management skills related to the delivery of direct patient care are included in this theory course.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: NURS 1022, 1024, ENGL 1002, BIOL 1162, and PSYC 2070. An eight-week course. This course is designed to facilitate learning about pregnancy, labor, delivery, and the postpartal period and the neonate. Through the application of growth and development principles and the use of the nursing process, students identify stressors, promote health and adaption in women, their families, and the neonate. Included in discussions are concepts of nutrition, communication, cultural diversity, roles of the nurse, levels of care, legal/ethical principles, and professional values as they relate to adaptive/maladaptive responses in women, their families, and the neonate. Emphasis is placed on the nurse.s role in assisting women and their families to adapt to stress associated with the antepartal, intrapartal, postpartal, and neonatal periods. Clinical nursing care experiences are provided in appropriate primary and secondary settings which include: the newborn nursery, labor and delivery, operating room, recovery room, and postpartal units as well as the antepartal clinic, the family planning clinic and perinatal education classes.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: NURS 1022, 1024, ENGL 1002, and PSYC 2070. .Nursing Care of the Child. is designed to facilitate learning about the uniqueness of caring for children and their families, expanding the student.s ability to assess, analyze, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care. Through the application of growth and development concepts and the use of the nursing process, students identify stressors and promote health in children and their families. Additionally, the concepts of nutrition, communication, cultural diversity, roles of the pediatric nurse, legal-ethical principles, levels of care, and professional values are discussed in relation to adaptive and maladaptive responses in children and their families. Clinical experiences are provided in primary, secondary and tertiary care settings.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: NURS 2050, 2052, and BIOL 2051. Pre- or Corequisites: NURS 2048 and NURS 2080. .Medical-Surgical Nursing II. provides a study of adult patients with well-defined stressors related to alterations of gaseous transport, body regulation and integration. The nursing process is utilized to formulate nursing care plans and to apply theoretical knowledge to patient situations. Expected outcomes of nursing intervention are evaluated. Correlation of theory and clinical is provided on medical-surgical units in community facilities.
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisite: NURS 2056. Pre- or Corequisites: NURS 2048 and NURS 2080. .Medical Surgical Nursing III. provides a study of adult patients experiencing well defined stressors related to alterations of sensorimotor function, gastric absorption, intestinal and urinary elimination, and reproductive functions. In addition to strengthening the role of the associate degree nurse as a provider of care through the use of the nursing process, the role as manager of groups of patients is emphasized. The clinical experience and independent study is designed to provide the student with opportunities for self-growth in nursing and to encourage the beginning transition from student to professional nurse. The clinical experience is provided on medical-surgical nursing units in community facilities.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: NURS 1022, 1024, LPN and BIOL 1162; RN; or permission of instructor. This course is designed to give the nursing student thorough and practical information about classifications and groups of drugs, their therapeutic action(s), indications, interactions (including foods) and side effects. The focus is placed on the nursing assessment, implementation (including calculation and conversion of dosages), client teaching and evaluation in regard to drug therapy.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Enrollment in clinical nursing courses or LPN status. .Health Assessment. provides for the development of techniques in basic physical assessment, history taking, and recording. Both normal and abnormal findings as well as age and cultural variations will be encountered.
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