|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
9.00 Credits
This introductory course orients the student to the role of the nurse and is a foundation for the other nursing courses. The major concepts of basic human needs, growth and development and the nursing process are introduced. Emphasis is placed on the assessment, analysis and planning phases of the nursing process as the student begins to develop skills in helping clients meet basic needs. The campus laboratory and clinical areas such as hospitals and nursing homes are used to provide learning experiences in caring for clients with common health problems. Six theory hours. Nine lab/clinical hours. Nine semester hours credit. Prerequisite: BIO 1514, BIO 1524, MAT 1233.
-
1.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to basic pharmacologic principles, including drug metabolism, drug actions, drug uses and drug classifications. The ethical and legal aspects of drug administration are included. One theory hour. One semester hour credit. Prerequisites: NUR 1119 and NUR 1111.
-
3.00 Credits
This course expands on the use of the nursing process with emphasis on the phases of implementation and evaluation. The student applies knowledge of basic human needs and growth and development in providing care for clients with selected medical surgical and mental health conditions. The major nursing roles of provider, member of a profession and manager are further developed. Clinical areas include hospitals, outpatient and community agencies. Five theory hours. Twelve clinical hours. Nine semester hours credit. Prerequisites: NUR 1119, NUR 1111, BIO 2924, BIO 2920.
-
3.00 Credits
This elective course provides nursing students the opportunity to strengthen clinical skills through practice and direct supervision by experienced registered preceptor nurses in a hospital setting. Such skills as assessment, decision-making, organization, interaction and self-evaluation are enhanced through performance in accordance with established policies and procedures. Collaboration between nursing faculty and nursing service assures appropriate clinical objectives, experiences and guidelines for student performance and evaluation. This is a six-week elective course offered during the summer with limited enrollment. Two and one-half lecture hours. Thirty clinical hours. Three semester hours credit. Prerequisite: NUR 1129, NUR 1121.
-
1.00 Credits
This elective course discusses the provision of quality patient care through nursing documentation. The various formats and techniques of documentation are discussed along with the relationship of quality documentation to the nursing process and other areas such as continuity of care, legal issues, financial reimbursement and accreditation. One theory hour. One semester hour credit. Prerequisite: NUR 1119.
-
3.00 Credits
This elective course involves the human aging process focusing on the progression from middle adulthood to older adulthood. The physiological/psychosocial integrity involved in adjustments to the aging process, family, retirement, social life, loss of peers, loneliness and death will be discussed. Special concerns of the older adult such as health problems, sexuality, religion, finances and loss of spouse will be examined. Aging will be viewed from a multidisciplinary approach and developmental perspective to include nursing assessment and interventions. Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit. Prerequisite: NUR 1119 or the equivalent.
-
1.00 Credits
This course explores management and leadership principles as they apply to the practice of nursing, as well as discussion of legal and ethical principles and their effects on health care delivery. Students investigate societal issues and trends affecting nursing practice and health care delivery. This course also introduces fundamental elements of the transition from student to practitioner. Student participation is emphasized through discussion, written work and individualized and group projects. One theory hour. One semester hour credit. Prerequisite: NUR 1129 and NUR 1121.
-
6.00 Credits
This course encompasses the childbearing process from pre-conception through pregnancy, birth, post-partum and the neonatal period. Content progresses from normal pregnancy and birth to complications frequently encountered during pregnancy and the neonatal period. Emphasis is placed on using the nursing process to assist clients to meet individualized needs and achieve optimum well-being. Nursing care will be provided in various clinical settings to normal and at-risk clients. Two theory hours. Six clinical hours. Four semester hours credit. Prerequisite: NUR 1129, NUR 1121.
-
6.00 Credits
This course focuses on nursing care for the pediatric client from birth through adolescence. The content progresses from normal growth and development to complex nursing care situations encountered in this client population. The student continues to apply the nursing process in providing safe and effective nursing care in acute and community based settings. Two theory hours. Six clinical hours. Four semester hours. Four semester hours credit. Prerequisite: NUR 1129, NUR 1121.
-
1.00 Credits
This course begins the transition from student to practitioner. The course is designed, in part, to assist the student in preparation for the National Council Licensure Examination. Student participation is emphasized through discussion, written work and individual and group activities. One theory hour. One semester hour credit. Prerequisite: NUR 2114 or NUR 2124.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2024 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|