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2.00 Credits
Familiarizes student to the health care delivery system including an introduction to the organization, structure, function and issues related to the health care environment. Emphasis placed on the importance of effective communication skills for health care professionals, team building, professionalism and diversity in the health care center.
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1.50 Credits
Provides students an opportunity to observe selected occupations within a health care setting. The student will attend 16 two-hour sessions under the supervision of the instructor and departmental specific mentors. Prerequisite: Prior or concurrent enrollment in HSC 105 with a grade of C or better.
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1.00 Credits
Provides the knowledge and techniques required to perform basic clinical skills including asepsis, health history, vital signs, positioning and transfer, and oxygen therapy. Emphasizes clinical skills needed by health care workers to effectively work in a variety of health care settings. Upon completion of the course, the student will demonstrate safe and effective basic clinical skills.
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2.00 Credits
Emphasizes the origin and the basic structure of medical words, including prefixes, suffixes, word roots, combining forms and plurals. Offers pronunciation, spelling, and definition of medical terms based on the body systems approach. . Emphasis on rendering a professional vocabulary required for work in the health care field.
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1.00 Credits
Examines the mechanism of action of the major medication groups as they relate to the physiology and pathology of disease. Identifies examples in each major pharmacological category in order to understand pharmacological activity within each group. Addresses areas of drug action, clinical application, and adverse events for each medication discussed. Intended for students in allied health majors. Prerequisite: Prior or concurrent enrollment in BIO 135, BIO 160 or HSC 112 with a grade of C or better.
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2.00 Credits
Builds on pharmacology content begun in previous coursework (either NUR111 or HSC 165). Reviews pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Discusses the mechanism of action of the majormedication groups at an advanced level in order to understand the pharmacological activity with each group. Addresses areas of drug action, clinical application, and adverse events for each medication discusses as well as nursing implications for safe medication administration and assessment of medication effects. *ICCB approval of this course is pending. Prerequisite: BIO 135 and HSC 165 or BIO 160and NUR 111 or HSC 112 and HSC 165 with grades of C or better.
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2.00 Credits
Introduces the legal and ethical issues that pertain to various health care delivery settings. Discusses how these issues impact the health care practitioner in a diverse culture. Practices and standards are discussed as they relate to professional behavior and ethical decision-making. Prerequisite: HSC 105 with a grade of C or better.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Introduces students to a selection of formative historical and contemporary texts in a variety of disciplines, including philosophy, the social sciences, literature, gender/multicultural studies, and the history of science. (Also listed as HUM 105. Credit will be given for either HST 105 or HUM 105, but not both). IAI H9 900
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Surveys the American experience through the prerevolutionary period, the expansion westward and the Civil War. Special stress is placed upon the social, economic, cultural, political and constitutional development of the United States. IAI S2 900, IAI HST 911
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Surveys the end of Reconstruction to the present, with primary stress on political and economic development. Also includes social, intellectual and cultural phases, expanded role of government in national affairs and the participation of the United States in international relations. IAI S2 901, IAI HST 912
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