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  • RNUR 238: Adult Nursing II

    5.00 Credits
    Metropolitan Community College - Missouri

    5 credits. 9 hours. (Lecture 3 hours. Clinical 6 hours.) Prerequisite: Admission to the nursing program; completion of RNUR 126, RNUR 131, RNUR 134, RNUR 138, RNUR 141, BIOL 208; or admission to the LPN-Bridge program. Adult Nursing II is the second of three medical-surgical nursing courses and is the first with a clinical component. This course allows students to utilize previous nursing concepts as they apply their skills to clients in a variety of secondary and tertiary settings. Students assume professional nursing roles in meeting basic needs by demonstrating skills in communication, critical thinking, and the nursing process. Students interact with culturally/ethnically diverse clients and integrate legal/ethical issues into the plan of care. Content regarding medical-surgical disease processes is continued, giving the student the basis of knowledge to assist the client to reach optimal status on the health-illness continuum.
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  • RNUR 244: Adult Nursing III

    7.00 Credits
    Metropolitan Community College - Missouri

    7 credits. 13 hours. (Lecture 4 hours. Clinical 9 hours.) Prerequisite: Admission to the nursing program; completion of RNUR 126, RNUR 131, RNUR 134, RNUR 138, RNUR 141, RNUR 234, RNUR 238, BIOL 208. This is the final of three adult nursing courses and is designed to prepare the student to transition to the role of the professional nurse. Students will expand their knowledge of therapeutic communication and skills related to health care technology. Concepts from previous nursing courses are integrated to provide comprehensive nursing care to select adult clients and their families experiencing multisystem failure/trauma. Students use the nursing process to organize and manage care in conjunction with other health team members. Critical thinking, developmental stages, cultural/ethnic diversity, and legal/ethical issues are implemented in the care planning process. Clinical laboratory practice occurs in primary, secondary, and tertiary settings with diverse client populations and includes a concentrated practicum which prepares the student to enter the work force. A community health nursing experience if incorporated in theory and clinical practice.
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  • SIGN 101: American Sign Language I

    3.00 Credits
    Metropolitan Community College - Missouri

    3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) An introductory course in American Sign Language designed to develop basic expressive and receptive communication skills by introducing culturally appropriate signed concepts related to the immediate environment. Students will engage in common communicative events and interactions to acquire a basic working vocabulary and grammar. Cultural awareness and appropriateness is introduced to develop appropriate linguistic/cultural behaviors and awareness of and respect for deaf culture. American Sign Language is the language of instruction.
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  • SIGN 102: American Sign Language II

    3.00 Credits
    Metropolitan Community College - Missouri

    3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) Prerequisite: SIGN 101. The second American Sign Language course in the sequence designed to further develop communication skills by examining grammatical features of American Sign Language. Students will develop vocabulary and conversational skills by progressing from common, concrete communicative events and interactions to language usage expressing abstract ideas. Emphasis is on the comprehension and production of increasingly complex linguistic structure focusing on dialogues and conversational expressions. Cultural awareness and appropriateness will also be further examined and applied. American Sign Language is the language of instruction.
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  • SIGN 103: Deaf Culture

    3.00 Credits
    Metropolitan Community College - Missouri

    3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) A course designed to provide students with an understanding of American Deaf culture and the factors that contribute to defining the Deaf Community as a distinct cultural minority, focusing on an awareness and understanding of cultural diversity and preservation of language. Students will examine cultural identity, group norms, rules of social interaction, values, and traditions held by members who are deaf. Societal attitudes regarding deafness and issues such as cultural oppression and language power by the majority culture will be discussed, as well as the contributions of folklore, literature, plays and works of art made by persons who are deaf to the larger American culture and to their own community organizations. The impact of modern technology, emerging issues, trends and advocacy within the Deaf Community are presented.
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  • SIGN 104: Introduction to Interpreting

    3.00 Credits
    Metropolitan Community College - Missouri

    3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) This course is designed to introduce students to the field of sign language interpreting as an occupation and provide students with a working knowledge of the profession of interpreting. Coursework will focus on the roles and responsibilities of the interpreter, the code of professional conduct, certification criteria, various modes of interpreting, legal issues that affect the profession, and career opportunities.
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  • SIGN 110: American Sign Language III

    3.00 Credits
    Metropolitan Community College - Missouri

    3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Sign Language Interpreting Program or American Sign Language Certificate Program. The third American Sign Language course in the sequence designed to continue the development of American Sign Language skills through vocabulary development, application of grammatical features, and further development of conversational skills by learning how to narrate, describe, compare and comment. These skills will be applied to develop fluent conversational skills and grammatically correct interactions. Integration of cultural and linguistic skills ranging from informal to formal communication events will be emphasized. American Sign Language is the language of instruction.
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  • SIGN 112: Fingerspelling

    1.00 Credits
    Metropolitan Community College - Missouri

    1 credit. 1 hour. (Lecture 1 hour.) Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Sign Language Interpreting Program or American Sign Language Certificate Program. A course designed to develop expressive and receptive fingerspelling skills. Emphasis will be on whole-word and phrase recognition, as well as on reading fingerspelling embedded in signed sentences. Expressive skills will focus on attainment of normal speed, clarity, and fluency. Extensive interaction and drills will enhance receptive and expressive skills.
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  • SIGN 113: Cognitive Processing

    3.00 Credits
    Metropolitan Community College - Missouri

    3 credits. 5 hours. (Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 4 hours.) Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Sign Language Interpreting Program. This course uses a process-oriented approach for applying the essential cognitive strategies to interpretation. These strategies include abstracting, summarizing, paraphrasing, and restructuring a message while retaining the meaning in American Sign Language and English. The course serves as a transition from language learning to beginning interpretation skills.
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  • SIGN 115: Building Translation Skills

    3.00 Credits
    Metropolitan Community College - Missouri

    3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Sign Language Interpreting Program. This course will provide the student with techniques and strategies applicable to the process of translation. Students will translate small units of discourse within delayed time frames designed to increase language proficiency, comprehension, and production abilities. These techniques will serve as the foundation that students will apply to the interpreting process throughout the program.
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