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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.
Prerequisite:
PSYC 101 or PSYC 101H
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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.
Prerequisite:
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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3.00 Credits
Introduction to nutrition principles including the digestive system; the six nutrients and their roles in the body; food sources with an emphasis on the anatomy, physiology and biochemical processes. Nutrient recommendations; nutritional needs during the life cycle. Nutritional factors in food selection and preparation of foods with an emphasis on the nutritional and chemical properties of foods. Nutrition in health and disease; weight control, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, dental health, cancer and nutrition. Conducting a diet history. Development of healthful recipes and menus. Evaluation of nutrition information for the public. Exercises include evaluation of the diet and recipes using computerized analysis; evaluation of body composition and sampling of foods with healthful properties such as vegetarian items, low fat, and foods with particular phytochemicals.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to nutrition principles including the digestive system; the six nutrients and their roles in the body; food sources with an emphasis on the anatomy, physiology and biochemical processes. Nutrient recommendations; nutritional needs during the life cycle. Nutritional factors in food selection and preparation of foods with an emphasis on the nutritional and chemical properties of foods. Nutrition in health and disease; weight control, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, dental health, cancer and nutrition. Conducting a diet history. Development of healthful recipes and menus. Evaluation of nutrition information for the public. Exercises include evaluation of the diet and recipes using computerized analysis; evaluation of body composition and sampling of foods with healthful properties such as vegetarian items, low fat, and foods with particular phytochemicals.
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18.00 Credits
Students acquire the skills necessary to properly obtain blood specimens for laboratory testing Topics include safety procedures, infection control, medical terminology, specimen collection, collection equipment, point-of-care testing, customer service, and the role of the phlebotomist in the health care system. Students are required to perform venipuncture in this class. Provides students the opportunity to apply skills taught in laboratory setting within a clinical setting. Under the direct supervision of a clinical preceptor at an affiliated clinical site, students are able to function competently as a Phlebotomist as they work a total of 80 hours in a clinical setting. A course fee is included.
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0.30 Credits
This course serves as a phlebotomy skills refresher for those individuals, who 1) are currently working in healthcare, 2) wish to re-enter the workplace, or 3) want to prepare for the Phlebotomy Technician exam. Students review collection equipment, specimen collection with the evacuated tube system, Winged Infusion Set (WIS) capillary, syringe draws the order of draw, blood tubes, and troubleshoot venipuncture issues. This course offers hands-on learning experiences as students are able to practice the skills necessary to properly obtain blood specimens for laboratory testing, while performing venipunctures on an artificial/mannequin arm.
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1.00 Credits
An introduction to fundamental skills. The course includes an introduction to the health related components of fitness and how the activity of golf can develop and contribute to overall fitness and wellness. (W)
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