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Course Criteria
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4.50 Credits
Addresses safe nursing care for the adult patient and their families. This course is designed to develop the concepts of accountability, acid-based balance, advocacy, caring behaviors, clinical decision making, collaboration, communication, culture, diversity, elimination, ethics, evidence-based practice, family, fluid and electrolytes, grief and loss, health care systems, health policy, health/wellness/illness, illness, immunity, inflammation, intracranial regulation, mobility, perfusion, professional behaviors, quality improvement, safety, sexuality, spirituality, teaching and learning, therapeutic communication, and time management/organization. Special consideration is placed upon events that are common in the normal life cycle. In addition, this course uses theory and guided clinical experiences to allow students to focus on meeting basic human needs while providing safe nursing care for diverse individuals and families. A course fee is required. Enrollment is restricted to students in the Nursing AS program. Prerequisite: NURS 143, 150; BIOL 122; and ENGL 101 with grades of C or higher. Corequisite: PSYC 209.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces students to pharmacology and the safe administration of drugs. This course emphasizes the study of groups of drugs, their actions, and their side effects with special attention placed on nursing implications and pharmacokinetics. Enrollment is restricted to students in Nursing AS program. Prerequisite: NURS 151 with a grade of grade of C or higher; Permission of the Nursing faculty; Nursing licensure - PN or RN.
Prerequisite:
NURS 151
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1.00 Credits
Emphasizes critical thinking skills required to prepare and administer intravenous (IV) medications and advanced pediatric dosages. This course is designed for students, who are entering their second year of the nursing program or have obtained permission to enroll in the course by the Instructor. Enrollment is restricted to students in the Nursing AS program. Prerequisite: Permission of the Nursing Program Faculty.
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2.00 Credits
Addresses safe nursing care and the needs of patients with cancer and other cellular alterations. This course is designed to further develop the concepts of accountability, advocacy, caring, cellular regulation, clinical decision making, collaboration, comfort, communication, culture, diversity, ethics, evidence-based practice, family, grief and loss, health care systems, health policy, health/ wellness/illness, illness, immunity, infection, perfusion, professional behaviors, quality improvement, safety, spirituality, teaching and learning, therapeutic communication, and time management/organization. A course fee is required. Enrollment is restricted to students in the Nursing AS program. Prerequisite: NURS 151; BIOL 221; SOCI 201; and PSYC 209 with grades of C or higher. Corequisite: NURS 242, 243, and 244.
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BIOL 122
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2.50 Credits
Covers safe nursing care for patients with complex physiological needs. This course is designed to further develop the concepts of accountability, acid base balance, advocacy, caring clinical decision making, collaboration, communication, culture, diversity, ethics, evidence-based practice, family, grief and loss, health care systems, health policy, health/wellness/illness, illness, infection, inflammation, metabolism, mobility, professional behaviors, quality improvement, safety, spirituality, teaching and learning, therapeutic communication, and time management/ organization. A course fee is required. Enrollment is restricted to students in the Nursing AS program. Prerequisite: NURS 240; BIOL 221; SOCI 201; and PSYC 209 with grades of C or higher. Corequisite: NURS 242, 243, and 244; and ENGL 102.
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2.50 Credits
Covers the safe nursing care of women, newborns, and childbearing families. This course is designed to develop the concepts of accountability, advocacy, behaviors, caring, clinical decision making, collaboration, communication, culture, diversity, ethics, evidence-based practice, family, grief and loss, health care systems, health policy, health/ wellness/illness, illness, infection, oxygenation, perfusion, professional behaviors, quality improvement, reproduction, safety, sexuality, spirituality, teaching and learning, therapeutic communication, thermoregulation, time management/organization, and violence as they relate to safe nursing care during the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods. Special consideration is placed on events that are common in the normal life cycle. A course fee is required. Enrollment is restricted to students in the Nursing AS program. Prerequisite: NURS 151; BIOL 221; and PSYC 209 with grades of C or higher. Corequisite: NURS 243 and 244.
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2.50 Credits
Addresses safe family-centered nursing care to children. This course fosters the ability to adapt care to a child's developmental level and focuses on promoting health, as well as providing atraumatic care from infancy through adolescence. Health education is stressed throughout the course. This course is designed to further develop the concepts of accountability, advocacy, caring, cellular regulation, clinical decision making, collaboration, communication, culture, development, diversity, elimination, ethics, evidence-based practice, family, grief and loss, fluid and electrolyte balance, health care systems, health policy, health/wellness/illness, illness, infection, inflammation, metabolism, oxygenation, perfusion, professional behaviors, quality improvement, reproduction, safety, spirituality, teaching and learning, therapeutic communication, time management/organization, tissue integrity, and violence. A course fee is required. Enrollment is restricted to students in the Nursing AS program. Prerequisite: NURS 151; BIOL 221; and PSYC 209 with grades of C or higher. Corequisite: NURS 242 and 244.
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2.50 Credits
Addresses the safe nursing care of patients, families, and groups with complex behavioral health needs. This course is designed to develop the concepts of accountability, advocacy, behaviors, caring, clinical decision making, cognition, collaboration, communication, culture, diversity, ethics, evidence-based practice, family, grief and loss, health care systems, health policy, health/wellness/illness, illness, mood and affect, professional behaviors, quality improvement, safety, self, spirituality, stress and coping, teaching and learning, therapeutic communication, time management/organization, and violence. In addition, this course presents the concepts related to behavioral health, societal implications involved in care, and the role of the professional nurse in various treatment settings. A course fee is required. Enrollment is restricted to students in the Nursing AS program. Prerequisite: NURS 151; BIOL 221; and PSYC 101 with grades of C or higher. Corequisite: NURS 242 and 243.
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PSYC 101
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2.50 Credits
Covers safe nursing care for adult patients from socially, economically, and culturally diverse backgrounds. This course is designed to further develop concepts of accountability, acid-base balance, advocacy, caring, clinical-decision making, collaboration, communication, culture, diversity, ethics, evidence-based practice, family, grief and loss, health care systems, health policy, health/ wellness/illness, illness, intracranial regulation, mobility, perfusion, professional behaviors, quality improvement, safety, spirituality, teaching and learning, therapeutic communication, and time management/organization. In addition, this course is structured to assimilate the concepts learned in previous semesters as students are able to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to provide quality, individualized entry-level nursing care for professional nursing practice. A course fee is required. Enrollment is restricted to students in the Nursing AS program. Prerequisites: NURS 241 and BIOL 221 with grades of C or higher.
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BIOL 221
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4.00 Credits
Enhances the professional role of the student as the focus on safe nursing care for adult patients continues. Emphasis is placed on the concepts of accountability, advocacy, caring, clinical decision making, collaboration, communication, culture, diversity, ethics, evidence-based practice, family, health care systems, health policy, health/wellness/illness, illness, leadership and management, legal issues, managing care, oxygenation, perfusion, professional behaviors, quality improvement, safety, spirituality, teaching and learning, therapeutic communication, thermoregulation, and time management/ organization. In addition, this course focuses on transitioning the student to the graduate nursing role as they further develop a Clinician's role. Professionalism and ethical decision making - within the context of socially, economically, and culturally diverse backgrounds of patients - is addressed. A course fee is required. Enrollment is restricted to students in the Nursing AS program. Prerequisite: NURS 250 with a grade of C or higher. Corequisites: NURS 242, 243, and 244.
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