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  • NURS 105: Nursing Communic in Health Care Practice

    3.00 Credits
    Tompkins Cortland Community College

    This course is designed for the nursing student who has been identified by self and/or by nursing faculty to need additional communication skills to increase success in the nursing program. This course will further the student's fluency in English while familiarizing her/him with the language of science and health. During the first two weeks of class, the student will be assessed for individual needs in the areas of written and spoken communication used in health care. Faculty in nursing and ESOL will decide the major focus for the individual student. Medical terminology, the culture of nursing and health care practice settings in the United States, writing and speaking skills needed by the nurse and non-verbal communication behaviors in the U.S. culture will be covered. Specific skills emphasized include communication with clients, relaying information to other health care professionals, and expectations of language skills in testing including the NCLEX-RN. Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in NURS 110 and prior completion or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 101. 1 Cr. (1 Lec.) Fall semester.
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  • NURS 110: Fundamentals of Nursing

    3.00 Credits
    Tompkins Cortland Community College

    The nursing curriculum, which is based on critical thinking, is introduced. Students explore and apply basic concepts and skills of evidence based nursing practice from a critical thinking perspective. Emphasis is placed on caring behaviors and health assessment using Gordon's functional patterns. Consideration is given to levels of prevention, particularly primary prevention activities. Clinical and classroom experiences focus on optimum wellness for healthy individuals across the lifespan and providing an active learning environment in a variety of settings. Students must be admitted to the nursing program and must enroll in lecture, laboratory, and field sections of the course. Prerequisites: Prior completion or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 101, concurrent enrollment in BIOL 131, and MATH 107. 7 Cr. (4 Lec., 9 Lab.) Fall semester.
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  • NURS 120: Critical Thinking Medic Surgical Nursing

    3.00 Credits
    Tompkins Cortland Community College

    Using the critical thinking skills of analyzing and predicting, students learn to apply nursing process to the care of clients with alterations in Gordon's functional patterns of activity/exercise, nutrition/metabolic, and coping/stress tolerance. Throughout the course students consider the question: What is the science of nursing Students apply disciplined thinking and clinical judgment to the nursing care of clients, paying special attention to clients' learning needs for self-care, and other aspects of secondary prevention. Communication in this course will focus on therapeutically interacting with clients who have physiologic and psychosocial health concerns. Clinical experiences occur mainly in acute care settings and collaborative learning projects. Prerequisites: NURS 110, ENGL 101, BIOL 131, prior completion or concurrent enrollment in BIOL 132, and MATH 108. 9 Cr. (4 Lec., 15 Lab.) Spring semester.
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  • NURS 208: Art & Sci of Nursing Across the Lifespan

    3.00 Credits
    Tompkins Cortland Community College

    The student builds on previous learning to plan and implement care for clients with alterations in Gordon's functional patterns focusing on role-relationship, sexuality-reproduction, values-beliefs, cognitive-perceptive, sleep-rest, and elimination. Using the question, "What is the art of nursing " as a guide, emphasis is placed on factors that create uniqueness in client situations. Concepts include family, culture, psychosocial, and physiologic life-span challenges. Students apply therapeutic communication and caring skills to client care. The focus on levels of prevention is continued with introduction of tertiary prevention. The student's repertoire of critical thinking skills is expanded through emphasis on the habits of mind of open-mindedness, creativity, intellectual integrity, and confidence. The student has clinical experiences in more than one nursing setting, working with clients in both acute care and the community. Prerequisites: All courses in the first two semesters of the nursing program. 10 Cr. (6 Lec., 12 lab.) Fall semester.
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  • NURS 225: Prof Practices & Complex Nursing Care

    3.00 Credits
    Tompkins Cortland Community College

    Students use and incorporate all of Gordon's functional health patterns, concepts of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention, effective communication, and caring skills to plan and implement care for clients with complex health problems. This includes clients with chronic and multi-system health issues. Using the questions, "Where does nursing fit in " and "Where do I fit in nursing " as a guide, emphasis is placed on professional issues and the transition from student to RN role. Students examine and apply leadership and client-care management concepts and skills. Student's use of critical thinking is further developed through emphasis on the skill of transforming knowledge and the habits of mind of flexibility and intuition. Students have clinical experiences in more than one setting working with clients in both acute care and community settings. Prerequisite: NURS 208. 10 cr. (6 Lec., 12 Lab.) Spring semester.
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  • NURS 225H: Prof Practice & Complex Nurs Honors

    3.00 Credits
    Tompkins Cortland Community College

    The student uses and incorporates all of Gordon's functional patters; concepts of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention; effective communication, and caring skills to plan and implement care for clients with complesy health care problems. This includes clients with chronic and multi-system health issues. Using the questions, 'Where does nursing fit in ' and 'Where do I fit in nursing ' as a guide, emphasis is placed on professional issues and the transition from student to RN role. the student examines and applies leadership and client care management concepts and skills. The student's use of critical thinking is further developed through emphasis on the skill of transforming knowledge, and the habits of mind of lexibility and intuition. The student has clinical experiences in more than one setting, working with clients in both acute care and the community. Students in the honors section will engage in an original research project focused on contributing a manuscript for submission to a nursing journal. To enroll in NURS 225H, the student must have a cumulative 3.5 GPA, be eligible for PTK, or be granted permission by the Chair of the Nursing Department. Prerequisite: NURS 208. 10 Cr. (5 Lec., 15 Lab.) Spring semester.
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  • NURS 232: Nursing Internship

    3.00 Credits
    Tompkins Cortland Community College

    This internship is a cooperative education experience for Nursing students who have completed the first year of academic course work and clinical experiences. Students have the opportunity to use previously learned nursing knowledge and skills in the work seting of Cayuga Medical Center, Cortland Regional Medical Center, and area health care agencies. In addition to completion of the prerequisites, students must have a minimum 2.5 GPA, complete interviews and necessary forms with Nursing faculty and appropriate agency personnel. Additional requirements may apply, including preparation for the internship. Students have the option to enroll in a two or three credit internship. A minimum of 100 hours (2 credits), or 150 hours (3 credits) of acceptable and appropriate employment at an approved organization must be completed. Prerequisites: NURS 110, NURS 120, BIOL 131, and BIOL 132. 2 Cr. (6 Lab.) Fall and spring semesters.
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  • NURS 233: Nursing Internship

    3.00 Credits
    Tompkins Cortland Community College

    This internship is a cooperative education experience for Nursing students who have completed the first year of academic course work and clinical experiences. Students have the opportunity to use previously learned nursing knowledge and skills in the work seting of Cayuga Medical Center, Cortland Regional Medical Center, and area health care agencies. In addition to completion of the prerequisites, students must have a minimum 2.5 GPA, complete interviews and necessary forms with Nursing faculty and appropriate agency personnel. Additional requirements may apply, including preparation for the internship. Students have the option to enroll in a two or three credit internship. A minimum of 100 hours (2 credits), or 150 hours (3 credits) of acceptable and appropriate employment at an approved organization must be completed. Prerequisites: NURS 110, NURS 120, BIOL 131, and BIOL 132. 3 Cr. (9 Lab.) Fall and spring semesters.
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  • NURS 241: Pharmacology for Nurses & Allied Hlth Pr

    3.00 Credits
    Tompkins Cortland Community College

    This is a comprehensive pharmacology course that includes the basic principles of pharmacology and the major classes of drugs. Legal and ethical foundations for safe drug administration as well as theories of drug action, physiologic processes mediating drug action, variables affecting drug action, and unusual and adverse responses to drug therapy are considered. Drug profiles are presented and include therapeutic drug action, side effects as well as client and family teaching. Nursing implications and application of nursing process are included for nurses who enroll in the course. Prerequisites: NURS 110, NURS 120, BIOL 131 or BIOL 201, BIOL 132 or BIOL 202, and prior completion or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 101. 3 Cr. (3 Lec.) Occasionally.
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  • NURS 258: Community Health Nursing:On-Site in DR

    3.00 Credits
    Tompkins Cortland Community College

    This course, offered on-site in the Dominican Republic, integrates nursing theory and public health theory. Students apply these principles to specific communities in the Dominican Republic. They will use nursing theory to assess the community and formulate community diagnoses. Using the nursing process and a primary health care model, students will develop a plan of action in conjunction with the community and the local health system. Considerations of the cultural, social, political and spiritual aspects of the population will be included. The plan will be implemented using primary, secondary and tertiary levels of prevention. An evaluation of the plan will be discussed. Instructor permission is required. Significant additional costs. Prerequisites: ENGL 101, satisfactory completion of the first year of a nursing program, and a C or better grade in two semesters of college level Spanish or equivalent. A student with some Spanish proficiency, but who has not completed formal college coursework, may be accepted with instructor approval. 4 Cr. (2 Lec., 2 Lab. for 5 weeks) Summer semester.
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