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  • 4.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 4 This course focuses on whole person assessment and expands communication and nursing process skills learned in Basic Nursing Principles I. The focus is on development of health promotion and care of adults experiencing uncomplicated health alterations. Scientific knowledge from nursing, physiological and psychological theories are the basis for planning, implementing, and evaluating the outcomes of nursing actions. Clinical settings occur in Quincy, Illinois, and surrounding areas. (Offered every Spring.) Prerequisite(s): ENG 111; BIO 283; NSG 101, 201, 202. Prerequisite or concurrent NSG 102, BIO 159.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 3 This course focuses on the use of pharmacology agents and parenteral therapies as interventions to promote, maintain, or restore health. Pharmacotherapeutics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and principles of drug administration are studied. Nursing assessment and intervention related to pharmacologic and parenteral therapies are emphasized. (offered every Spring) Prerequisite(s): BIO 282, BIO 283, Nursing Major or instructor consent Prerequisites or concurrent: BIO 159 or instructor consent
  • 3.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 3 This online course introduces the student to the diverse nature of professional nursing. The rich evolutionary history of nursing to the present will be explored. The Whole Person Nursing framework will be introduced as a framework for organizing nursing care. The core concepts of nursing individual, family, community, and environment will be emphasized. The use of critical thinking and communication skills will also be stressed. Prerequisite(s): acceptance into the Nursing Advanced Placement Track.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 3 This course focuses on the assessment component of nursing care. The course integrates the elements/skills of health and physical assessment with the College's curriculum framework of Whole Person Nursing. Assignments focus on acquiring assessment skills, exploring the biological-psychosocial-spiritual basis of assessment, developing a systematic method for completing comprehensive assessments across the lifespan, and examining the role of clinical reasoning as part of the assessment process. Emphasis is placed on skill acquisition. Prerequisite(s): acceptance into the Nursing Advanced Placement Track.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 4 This clinical course will use the whole person nursing framework as well as the nursing process to guide their nursing practice. The health, function and wellness of the person will be the focus. The care of adults with uncomplicated health alterations will be examined. Students will use therapeutic communication, health assessment and knowledge from other support courses to provide nursing care. Prerequisite(s): acceptance into the Nursing Advanced Placement Track.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 2 This course is designed for anyone desiring a background in the language of medicine and health care. The course is presented utilizing a system of learning medical terms from root words, combining forms, prefixes and suffixes. At the completion of this course the student will be able to recognize, build, define, and correctly spell medical terms. (offered every Spring) Prerequisite(s): Nursing Major or instructor consent
  • 5.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 5 This course focuses on the adolescent, young adult, and family experience with sexuality-reproductivity. How the growth and development, and health of these persons influence health behavior with fertility, childbearing-parenting, and sexuality are examined. Clinical experiences develop the nursing roles of general practitioner, educator, and patient advocate within settings providing care to the adolescent, young adult, and childbearing family. Nursing interventions that promote, maintain, or restore health with common, acute, and chronic health responses to sexuality-reproductivity are studied. (Offered every semester.) Prerequisite(s): NSG 101, 102, 201, 202, 203, 204; COM 110; PSY 236. Prerequisite or concurrent: Ethics.
  • 5.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 5 This course focuses on the growth and development, and health of middle-aged through older adults and their families. The experiences of these persons and families with acute and chronic responses to health are examined. Clinical experiences develop the nursing roles of general practitioner, educator, and patient advocate within settings providing care to the middle-aged through older adult patients and their families. Nursing interventions that promote, maintain, or restore health are studied. (Offered every semester.) Prerequisite(s): NSG 101, 102, 201, 202, 203, 204, 280; CHE 125, COM 101; PSY 236. Prerequisite or concurrent: Ethics.
  • 5.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 5 The focus of this course is on providing Whole Person Nursing care that is caring and goal-directed to children ages infancy through adolescence, and their families. The objectives are met in a variety of settings which focus on the unique needs of children along the health and developmental continuum. Course structure includes lecture, discussion, and clinical application in acute care, home, and community settings. (Offered every semester.) Prerequisite(s): NSG 101, 102, 201, 202, 203, 204; CHE 125; COM 110; PSY 236. Prerequisite or concurrent: Ethics.
  • 5.00 Credits

    Credit Hours: 5 This course focuses on individuals and families throughout the lifespan who are experiencing varying states of mental health. The environmental influences affecting the mental health of the individual are examined within the context of the family and/or community. The use of self within the nurse/patient relationship is emphasized as the foundation for communication and therapeutic nursing interventions. Collaboration with other health team members and/or community resources is explored as a way to address the needs of the whole person/family using various treatment modalities. (Offered every semester.) Prerequisite(s): NSG 101, 102, 201, 202, 203, 204, 280; COM 101; PSY 236. Prerequisite or concurrent: Ethics.
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