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5.00 Credits
This course provides an opportunity for the student to acquire the selected knowledge and skills necessary to meet the basic self-care needs of the assigned client in both long term care and acute care settings. Course content emphasizes the role of the practical nurse in the recognition, description, and maintenance of health. Orem's Self-care Theory is integrated into practical application during lectures and in NUR-0111. Application of the nursing process in the care of clients with self-care deficits is the focus, with emphasis on data collection. Additional topics presented include: roles of various health care team members, concepts of effective communication, and effective maintenance of a safe and therapeutic environment. Initially, nursing arts laboratories are used for skill demonstration and practice with advancement toward clinical application. Simultaneous enrollment in NUR-0111 is required. 5 hours of lecture per week. Co-requisites: BIO 1030, BIO 2011, NUR 1020.
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5.00 Credits
This course offers the student opportunity to reinforce and build upon previously learned information. The goal is to provide safe, competent, standard nursing interventions to clients experiencing recurring health care problems in acute and long term care settings. The student learns to care for groups of clients utilizing the nursing process to organize and implement nursing care. The student selects appropriate goals toward meeting the client's self-care needs. Observational experiences are provided in certain specialty areas. The student is expected to demonstrate increasing ability to perform standard nursing interventions in the clinical environment with decreasing need for supervision. Simultaneous enrollment in NUR 0121 is required. 5 hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: BIO-1030, BIO-2011, NUR-1111, NUR-0111, and NUR-1020. Co-requisites: NUR-1010, PSY 1050, BIO 2012.
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5.00 Credits
This course explores integrative concepts in nursing and in the developing family. The student expands knowledge and increases skills necessary to meet the self-care deficits of individuals experiencing common health care problems with an emphasis on parent/child care and mental health. In addition to continuing to use the nursing classroom laboratory, the student also learns, through selected clinical experiences, in obstetric, pediatric and medical-surgical settings. The student demonstrates skill in problem solving through the use of the nursing process with a focus on implementation and evaluation of nursing care. Simultaneous enrollment in NUR 0131 is required. 7.5 hours of lecture per week for the 10-week spring term. Prerequisite:Bio-2012, BIO 1030, NUR 1021, NUR-1121, NUR 0121 and PSY-1050. Co-requisite: NUR-0131. [Course fee: $55.00].
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2.00 Credits
This course is designed to assist the student to recognize both personal and professional challenges that arise in the process of transitioning from the role of the practical nurse to that of the registered nurse. Additionally, issues and trends important to contemporary nursing are evaluated and analyzed. Theories regarding the transition process, role development, and the process of change are applied to personal adaptation, professional issues and role differentiation in terms of responsibilities and scopes of practice for the LPN and ADN. Current issues are examined through assigned reading, written submissions, and lively discussions. The student will ultimately develop an individual philosophy of differentiated nursing practice. Corequisites: NUR-2030 and NUR-2040 or permission.
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1.00 Credits
This course assumes that students have retained knowledge gained in NUR-1010 Pharmacology. It is a body-system-oriented approach to analyzing the use of particular medications for complex medical/surgical conditions in clients across the lifespan. The clinical component of this class is demonstrated in NUR-2140. The student will integrate and evaluate the effectiveness of each client outcome as it relates to his/her pharmacologic needs. Prerequisites: NUR-2030, NUR-2040, and BIO-2120. Co-requisites: NUR-2130, 2140 or permission.
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3.00 Credits
This course is divided into three content areas: a) health promotion and physical assessment (3 weeks); b) maternity nursing (6 weeks); and c) psychiatric nursing (6 weeks). Part a) assumes prior knowledge of normal physiological and developmental parameters and focuses on assessing abnormal conditions and encouraging a maximum level of self-care by promoting healthy behaviors. Such topics as the importance of an accurate and complete health history including a psychosocial, cultural and spiritual assessment and a health risk appraisal are covered. Lab and acute care clinical experiences are provided. Part b) assumes previous learning of the normal and expected conditions relating to the maternity client. Assessment of, planning care for, implementing interventions for, and evaluation of the normal antepartal, intrapartal, and postpartal client at the level of the registered nurse are covered. The content builds on this and focuses on abnormal conditions and the expanded role of the registered nurse. Clinical experiences in inpatient and outpatient settings are provided. Students assist the maternity client and family to recognize their self-care needs. Part c) offers the student an opportunity to gain the tools necessary to assess, plan, and evaluate interventions in the care of the client population dealing with mental health needs. Students select appropriate roles to be assumed in assisting clients to meet their mental health self-care needs. The student is expected to perform therapeutically in the clinical setting. Simultaneous enrollment in NUR-2040 is required. Prerequisite: PN License, or course work, or permission. Co-requisites: NUR-2010.
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2.00 Credits
Laboratory component of NUR-2030. 6 hours of clinical/laboratory per week. Co-requisite: NUR-2030.
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5.00 Credits
This course offers students the opportunity to learn about clients across the lifespan experiencing complex acute medical surgical illnesses and chronic self-care deficits. Experiences are also provided in intensive care, the emergency room, and a home health agency. The student demonstrates skills in decision-making through the use of the nursing process with an emphasis on implementation and evaluation. The student also selects the appropriate roles to be assumed in meeting the client's self-care needs. The student is expected to perform therapeutically in the clinical area with a decreasing need for instructor supervision. Simultaneous enrollment in NUR-2140 is required. 5 hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: BIO-2120,NUR-2010, NUR-2030, and NUR- 2040. Co-requisites: NUR-2140. [Course fee: $55.00].
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4.00 Credits
Laboratory component of NUR-2130. 12 hours of clinical/laboratory per week. Co-requisite: NUR-2130.
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3.00 Credits
In examining the history of philosophy from Socrates to Sartre, students look at the diverse perspectives, methods and conclusions of significant philosophers, both classical and contemporary, concerning selected topics in metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, political philosophy, and aesthetics. Class discussion of reading is directed toward an increased understanding of significant contemporary problems in light of the relevant philosophical issues. 3 hours of lecture per week. (General Education: AH). Prerequisite: None.
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