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  • 3.00 Credits

    In Fundamental's Practicum the learner will have the opportunity to utilize the nursing process as a vehicle for meeting basic health needs of clients in actual care settings. The course is designed to allow the learner to apply theoretical knowledge to direct client care. Offered Fall Semester only. Designed to be taken concurrently with NURS 1114 Fundamentals of Nursing. Prerequisite: by admission only.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Nursing of Adults I is designed to build upon learning acquired in Fundamentals. The focus is on knowledgeable use of the nursing process as it relates to the holistic (basic and higher needs) care of the adult client who is experiencing a health interruption such as an illness of a medical/surgical nature and/or psychosocial nature. Prerequisites: Fundamentals of Nursing (NURS 1114) and Fundamentals of Nursing Practicum (NURS 1124) or successful completion of advanced standing testing for Fundamentals of Nursing. Offered spring semester only.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Nursing of Adults I Practicum incorporates planned hospital and clinical experiences, which increase the learner's understanding of the disease process and effective nursing care. The learner incorporates understanding of the relationship of the nursing process to holistic (basic and higher) client care including therapeutic communication techniques. Designed to be taken concurrently with Nursing of Adults I (NURS 1234). Offered spring semester.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Introduction to Nursing is a course designed for Licensed Practical Nurses seeking advanced standing in the associate degree nursing program. Areas of focus are holistic assessment skills, role change, nursing process and validation of psychomotor nursing skills. Prerequisites: LPNs who have successfully challenged Fundamentals courses and/or LPNs who have been accepted for direct articulation. Offered summer semester only.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Introduction of Psychiatric Nursing is designed to enhance the knowledge base of LPNs wishing to enter the nursing program in the fall semester. The focus is on the use of the nursing process as it relates to the holistic care of the client experiencing a health interruption of a psychosocial nature. The Practicum incorporates planned clinical experiences, which increase the learner's understanding of the disease processes and effective nursing care. The learner incorporates understanding of the relationship of the nursing process to holistic client care including therapeutic communication techniques. Prerequisites: LPNs who have successfully challenged Fundamentals courses and/or LPNs who have been accepted for direct articulation. Offered summer semester only.
  • 1.00 Credits

    A one-hour course offered to sophomore nursing students. Designed to assist the nursing student in assuming the new role of graduate nurse. The focus is discussion and analysis of the development of nursing as a profession: the history, controversies and issues that remain unanswered. Included are the effects of political concerns influencing the relationship of nursing and society and an understanding of nursing organizations and pharmacological principles. Prerequisites: Fundamentals of Nursing (NURS 1114) and Nursing of Adults I (NURS 1234) or LPN Bridging Courses. Offered fall semester only.
  • 2.00 Credits

    A two-hour credit course offered to sophomore nursing students. A continuation of Seminar in Nursing I (NURS 2071), the course includes content that will help the nursing student move into nursing as a career; e.g., learn about opportunities for employment and management of client care. Applying and interviewing for positions are also included. Prerequisite: Nursing Seminar I (NURS 2071). Offered spring semester only.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Maternal-Child Nursing is designed to introduce the student to the nursing care of maternity clients, children and their families. The maternity phase of life is a normal event which influences the entire family. Another focus of the course is the common health interruptions occurring in the childhood years. Growth and development is a normal progression which influences the child. Concepts of health are focused on the woman from conception through postpartum and on the well child in addition to the ill child. Normal physiologic changes of the mother and the fetus/newborn are stressed. Anticipatory guidance for growth and development are also stressed. Common health problems are also presented. The nursing process, the application of biophysical and psychosociospiritual principles, communication and Maslow's hierarchy of needs are employed within the framework of family-centered nursing. Prerequisites: Nursing of Adults I (NURS 1234). Offered the fall semester only.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The focus of the practicum is to provide the student the opportunity to incorporate theoretical knowledge in actual client care situations in maternity and pediatric settings in the acute-care setting and in community-based settings. The nursing process, the application of biophysical and psychosociospiritual principles, communication and Maslow's hierarchy of needs are employed within the framework of family-centered maternity nursing. The student is expected to individualize and use the concepts and knowledge learned in earlier courses and apply them to the maternity and pediatric clients as well as the families. Designed to be taken concurrently with NURS 2334 Maternal-Child Nursing Practicum. Offered the fall semester only.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Nursing of Adults II is designed to build upon learning acquired in all previous nursing courses. Emphasis is placed on care of the client(s) experiencing common complex health interruptions with relatively predictable outcomes. An interdisciplinary approach is used to plan holistic care for the adult and the family in the hospital as well as in the community based settings. Prerequisites: NURS 1114 Fundamentals of Nursing, NURS 1124 Fundamentals of Nursing Practicum, NURS 1234 Nursing of Adults I, NURS 1244 Nursing of Adults I Practicum, NURS 2334 Maternal Child Nursing and NURS 2344 Maternal Child Nursing Practicum. Offered Spring Semester only.
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