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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Acceptance to the Nursing Program. In this introductory course, the student will develop a foundation of basic concepts, skills and techniques of nursing practice. This foundation will assist the student to address the physiological, psychological, sociocultural, developmental and spiritual variables related to client care. The five step nursing process will be the framework utilized in preparing the beginning nursing student to apply the skills and knowledge necessary in identifying client reactions/adaptations to stressors and in assisting clients to maintain optimum level of wellness. Four hours lecture weekly for 7-1/2 weeks.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Acceptance to the Nursing Program. This course introduces students to the nursing profession, the role of the associate degree nurse, general nursing theories and specifically Betty Neuman's Systems Model. Content includes the nursing process used in client care, individuals' needs, variables and stressors, communication skills and physical assessment skills. These concepts are essential to the care of all clients and provide the foundation for all future nursing. Three hours lecture weekly for 10 weeks.
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8.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Acceptance to the Nursing Program. This introductory course provides the students with the foundations of the arts and science of nursing. Students are exposed to the core competencies that define the roles and responsibilities of an associate degree nurse. Emphasis is placed on acquiring proficiency to provide direct and indirect nursing care; performing assessments that incorporate pathophysiology, pharmacology, and nutrition needs; and identifying age-appropriate care planning activities that assist clients in meeting health care needs. The lab/clinical portion of this course includes selected observations, and the use of computer simulation and skills laboratory.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: None The development of a basic medical vocabulary used to describe the body's anatomical systems with emphasis on the definition, use, spelling and pronunciation of terms. Attention will be focused on disease, normal body structure and function and pharmacology terminology.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: BIOL 223 and 224. Taught outside of nursing program both Fall and Spring. This course provides an introduction to the study of pharmacology as needed by nurses. Various groups of drugs will be studied in relationship to their actions upon various body systems and in relationship to the clients' physiological, psychological, sociocultural, developmental and spiritual variables.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: NURS 131, 132, 160, 161, 191 and HDFS 21. This course will assist the student to develop a knowledge of nursing care of children from infancy through adolescence. This course focuses on the physiological, psychological, sociocultural, developmental and spiritual variables as they relate to alterations in the child's level of wellness due to interpersonal, intrapersonal and extrapersonal stressors.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: NURS 131, 132, 160, 161, 191 and HDFS 21. This course will develop knowledge of nursing care during the period of childbearing. Included will be the normal physiological process of pregnancy and childbirth, nursing interventions during the period and the family's adaptation to the stressors associated with childbirth. Emphasis will be placed on family structure which includes prevention of illness and promotion of health with individual and familial adaptation to changing health patterns. Attention will be focused on the various stressors impacting individuals during this childbearing period. Students will be expected to build upon their communication and interpersonal skills.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: NURS 131, 132, 160, 161, 191 and HDFS 21. This clinical experience is concurrent with NURS 144. It provides the student the opportunity to apply knowledge and skills necessary to plan and implement nursing care for hospitalized children and adolescents. The student will be able to identify the child's and family's responses to stressors and develop a plan of care to foster the client's achievement toward an optimal level of wellness. Twelve hours clinical practice for 7-1/2 weeks.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: NURS 131, 132, 160, 161, 191 and HDFS 21. This clinical laboratory experience will provide the student with a basic learning opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills necessary to plan and implement care for expectant mothers, fathers and their families and share in the wonder of the birthing process. Maternity clinical laboratory will be offered in local agencies. During this clinical rotation students will have supervised practice with clients in pregnancy clinic, labor/delivery, admit nursery, normal newborn nursery and post partum. Twelve hours clinical practice for 7-1/2 weeks.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: NURS 131 and 191. Open to students accepted to the nursing program only. Medical-Surgical Nursing Care focuses on the physiological, psychological, sociocultural, developmental and spiritual variables as they relate to alterations in levels of wellness due to pathophysiological and psychological stressors. The content of this course includes an orientation to the medical-surgical client, diseases of the muscular-skeletal system and respiratory system and care of the client with diabetes. The client undergoing surgery, diagnostic tests, fluid and electrolytes, stress and pain are also included in this course. Four hours lecture for 7-1/2 weeks.
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