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Course Criteria
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2.00 Credits
This course continues to focus on patients' basic needs with emphasis on the nursing process to establish and maintain a safe environment. Students are introduced to the childbearing patient and family, and issues affecting women's and infant's health. All units contain physical and cultural factors that may contribute to the development and treatment of disease processes. Childbearing content will focus on basic needs of the childbearing patient and family, with the main focus on the nursing process throughout the antepartal, intrapartal, post-partal and neonatal period. Common complications of all phases of the childbearing cycle are included. Coexisting conditions that influence pregnancy are introduced and considered in depth in succeeding courses. Pharmacology, nutrition, community resources, legal/ethical issues, communication and cultural factors are integrated throughout the course. (Prerequisites: Successful completion of NUR 1115, NUR 1118, NUR 121, BIOL 2010, BIOL 2020, and PSY 203.) (Corequisites: NUR 1128, NUR 122, NUR 1126, BIOL 2230, and PSY 206.)
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2.00 Credits
This is the second clinical course that continues to focus on basic needs with emphasis on nursing interventions to establish and maintain a biologically and chemically safe environment. All IV therapy nursing skills are covered. Clinical laboratory provides experiences in applying the nursing process to meeting selected basic needs of patients in the general hospital setting and to childbearing families. The main focus of the childbearing clinical experiences will be on nursing interventions utilized during the normal antepartal, intrapartal, post-partal and neonatal period. Common complications of all phases of the childbearing cycle are included. (Prerequisites: Successful completion of NUR 1115, NUR 1118, NUR 121, BIOL 2020 and PSY 203.) (Corequisites: NUR 1126, NUR 1127, NUR 122, BIOL 2230 and PSY 206.) 6 hrs. clinical per week.
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1.00 Credits
This course focuses on the arithmetic of dosages and solutions used by the practicing nurse. Topics include the metric, apothecary, and household systems, dosages in units and milliequivalents, dry powdered drugs and calculations of IV flow rates. (Corequisites: NUR 1115 and NUR 1118 or permission of the Nursing Program director.) 1 hr. per week.
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2.00 Credits
This is a hybrid Internet course that combines in-the-classroom instruction with computer-based, online learning. This course is not designed to be a self-paced study. Pharmacology introduces major classifications of drugs. The study of each classification will include general characteristics, mechanism(s) of action, expected results, side effects, and nursing implications. Application of the nursing process will be included throughout this course. Representative drugs for each category will be identified. (Prerequisite: Completion of NUR 1115, NUR 1118, NUR 121 or permission of the Nursing Program director.) (Corequisites: NUR 1125 and NUR 1128.) 2 hrs. lecture per week; 30 hrs. total.
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4.00 Credits
This course introduces the student to nursing care for patients of all ages. The course is divided into two modules. Module A covers alterations in health related to autoimmune disorders, neoplasms, hematopoietic function, and endocrine disorders. Module B covers alterations in gastrointestinal, hepatic, pancreatic, biliary disorders and renal/urinary disorders. All units contain physical, cultural and psychological stressors which are considered as co-contributors to the development of various disease processes. Development stages, pharmacology, nutrition, communication, history, trends, community and legal/ethical are integrated throughout the course. Specific stressors interfering with regulation, nutrition, homeostasis, elimination and adaptive coping patterns are examined in terms of the nursing process. Specific patient problems and the influence on other basic needs, as described by Maslow, are identified. Each student must successfully complete both sections in order to pass this course. (Prerequisites: Successful completion of NUR 1126, NUR 1127, NUR 1128, NUR 122, all science classes and PSY 206.) (Corequisites: NUR 2117, NUR 2118, NUR 2188 and NUR 2189.)
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3.00 Credits
This clinical course introduces the students to nursing care for patients of all ages with stressors affecting: alterations in mental health and behavior, autoimmune disorders, neoplasms, endocrine, hepatic, biliary, gastrointestinal, urinary/renal, hematopoietic and gynecological functioning. Specific alterations in health interfering with regulation, nutrition, homeostasis, elimination and adaptive coping patterns are examined in terms of the nursing process. Clinical experiences provide opportunities for the application of the nursing process to the care of the child and adult populations in medical centers, mental health facilities and other clinical agencies. The student is guided in the application of management principles in organization and providing nursing care for greater numbers of patients and/or patients with higher acuity needs. In addition, various outpatient clinical facilities are utilized to augment clinical laboratory experiences. (Prerequisites: Successful completion of NUR 1126, NUR 1127, NUR 1128, NUR 122, all science classes and PSY 206.) (Corequisites: NUR 2116, NUR 2117, NUR 2188 and NUR 2189.) 9 hrs. clinical per week.
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6.00 Credits
This course is the final course in the program of study. It provides learning experiences in caring for patients of all ages with stressors of respiratory, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, neurosensory and special sensory function. Concepts and principles of management, as well as various methods of delivery of nursing care, are included. The nursing process is the framework for theory and clinical practice. Specific alterations in health and their influence on basic needs, as described by Maslow, are identified. Attention is given to psychological, social, cultural and physical contributions to the development of these alterations in health. Since alterations in health of each of these systems may result in life crisis and require changes in lifestyle patterns, attention is given to crisis intervention, coping with chronic illness, body image changes, and altered family patterns in illness. Developmental stages, life-span concepts, pharmacology, nutrition, communication, history trends, legal/ethical aspects and community resources are integrated. (Prerequisites: Completion of NUR 2116, NUR 2117, and NUR 2118.) (Corequisite: NUR 2128, NUR 2198, and NUR 2199. 6 hrs. lecture per week.
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3.00 Credits
This is the final clinical course in the program of study. It provides learning experiences in caring for patients of all ages with stressors of respiratory, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, neurosensory, and special sensory function. Concepts and principles of management, as well as various methods of delivery of nursing care, are included. The nursing process is the framework for clinical practice. Developmental stages, life-span concepts, pharmacology, nutrition, communication, history trends, legal/ethical aspects and community resources are integrated. Clinical experiences are provided to assist students in applying the nursing process and Maslow's hierarchy of needs in the care of individuals and groups of patients in general hospitals, and other clinical agencies. Application of management principles to groups of patients is implemented during the semester. (Prerequisites: Successful completion of NUR 2116, NUR 2117, NUR 2118, NUR 2188 and NUR 2189.) (Corequisites: NUR 2125, NUR 2198 and NUR 2199.) 9 hrs. clinical per week.
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1.00 Credits
This course focuses on the integration of all theory and clinical objectives, including the transition from student nurse to graduate nurse. The major emphasis will be on surgical clinical scenarios. Topics to be covered will include care of the perioperative patient, pain management in adults, dosage calculations, and the application of intravenous therapy principles. (Prerequisites: Completion of NUR 1126, NUR 1127 and NUR 1128.) (Corequisites: NUR 2116, NUR 2117, NUR 2118, and NUR 2189.)
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1.00 Credits
This course focuses on the integration of all theory and clinical objectives, including the transition from student nurse to graduate nurse. The major emphasis will be on psychiatric/mental health nursing clinical scenarios. Topics to be covered will include bipolar disorder, suicide, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, nursing research, resume writing, communication, professionalism, licensure and continuing education. (Prerequisite: Completion of NUR 1126, NUR 1127 and NUR 1128.) (Corequisites: NUR 2116, NUR 2117, NUR 2118, and NUR 2188.)
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