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4.00 Credits
This course is designed to teach students how to implement the advanced components of the current Microsoft Server operating system. Students will learn how to further enable Windows Server to integrate with Azure Cloud. Students will gain hands-on experience with installing and configuring advanced Windows Server on-premises and hybrid infrastructures, managing failover clusters, performing server backups and recovery, migrating servers to Azure, and troubleshooting hybrid networking connectivity and virtual machines. This course helps prepare students to sit for the Testout Hybrid Server Pro Advanced certificate exam and the Microsoft AZ-801 certification exam. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: Implement secure Windows Server on-premises and hybrid infrastructures; Implement and manage Windows Server high availability; Implement disaster recovery; Migrate servers and workloads; Monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server environments.
Prerequisite:
NET 115
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4.00 Credits
This course provides students with the advanced knowledge and skills to apply behavioral analytics to networks and devices in order to prevent, detect, and combat cybersecurity threats through continuous security monitoring. Major topics students will learn are threat and vulnerability management, software and systems security, cybersecurity compliance and assessment, cybersecurity operations and monitoring, and incident response. Additionally, this course helps prepare students for the current CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) certification exam. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: Apply proactive threat detection techniques; Identify network vulnerabilities; Explain software and hardware assurance best practices; Apply security concepts in support of organizational risk mitigation; Analyze and interpret network traffic and data; Understand advanced electronic messaging concepts; Understand advanced network security concepts; Implement network configuration policies, procedures, and controls to improve security; Apply appropriate incident response procedures.
Prerequisite:
NET 142
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1.00 Credits
Nursing Mathematics covers adult drug preparation, dosage calculation, and intravenous fluids and medications administration. Measurement requirements, system conversions, oral and parenteral dosage calculations, and intravenous fluid flow rates are covered in detail. Nursing implications for drug administration are emphasized in every unit including a brief overview of drug label interpretation, and pediatric and geriatric dosage considerations. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: Calculate mathematical problems working with fractions, decimals, and percents; Solve drug dosage problems using ratio and proportion; Use system conversions (metric and household) for volume and weight problems; Calculate oral and parenteral dosage problems in the same system and in different systems; Measure drugs administered in units; Identify pediatric and geriatric considerations for drug administration; Calculate intravenous fluid flow rates (drops per minute and milliliters per hour) and infusion times; Identify abbreviations and symbols for drug preparation and administration; Accurately read and interpret a drug label in relation to a medication order.
Prerequisite:
MAT 050 or Appropriate Placement Test Scores
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8.00 Credits
NUS 110, Concepts and Practice I, is the first nursing course in the sequence of four semesters. The concept based model of nursing practice is presented within the context of professional role behaviors, patient attributes and the health and illness continuum. Knowledge and skills basic to the practice of nursing presented utilizing student-centered learning activities. Clinical and simulation laboratory experiences support the acquisition of knowledge and skills fundamentals to the practice of nursing. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: Identify the professional roles of the nurse as member of the health care team; Use the nursing process in the practice of safe, effective, patient-centered care to maintain optimal health; Identify current best evidence for the provision of quality patient care; Apply therapeutic communication principles to enhance the professional relationship between nurse and patient; Identify health care infrastructures and community resources available to coordinate appropriate planning of care for all patients; Describe concepts of nursing practice across the health and illness continuum. NON-ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS: Complete Physical Exam, Lab Tests, Urine Drug Screen, 2-Step PPD, Current Immunizations (including Hepatitis B Vaccine), Current CPR Certification, Criminal Background Check, Child Abuse Clearance, Professional Liability and Health Insurance Coverage.
Prerequisite:
(BIO 150 (Grade of C or Higher) and BIO 151* (Grade of C or Higher)), ENG 100, MAT 121, NUS 102, and PSY 140 (*Course(s) May Be Taken Concurrently)
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10.00 Credits
NUS 111, Concepts and Practice II, is the second nursing course in a sequence of four semesters. In this course, concepts are explored within the context of health and illness experiences and build on the knowledge acquired in NUS 110. These experiences reflect diverse patient populations and family health nursing. Clinical and simulation laboratory experiences support the acquisition of knowledge and skills in adult and family health nursing. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: Use principles of safe effective, patient centered care, using best evidence, for an individual with alterations in stress, adaptation, cognition related to anxiety and dementia; Use principles of safe effective, patient centered care, using best evidence, for an individual with alteration in the concept of oxygenation related to an infectious process; Use principles of safe effective, patient centered care, using best evidence, for an individual with an alteration in the concept of perfusion as a result of altered hemostasis and peripheral vascular resistance; Use principles of safe effective, patient centered care, using best evidence, for an individual with an alteration in the concept of nutrition, metabolism related to endocrine dysregulation; Use principles of safe effective, patient centered care, using best evidence, for an individual with an alteration in the concept of elimination, digestion related to an inflammatory or erosive process; Use principles of safe effective, patient centered care, using best evidence, for an individual with an alteration in concept of urinary elimination related to an obstructive or infectious process; Use principles of safe effective, patient centered care, using best evidence, for an individual with an alteration in the concept of mobility related to bone or joint dysfunction; Use principles of safe effective, patient centered care, using best evidence, related to the concept of family health and reproduction.
Prerequisite:
(NUS 110 (Grade of C or Higher) or NUS 214 (Grade of C or Higher)) and BIO 151 (Grade of C or Higher)
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3.00 Credits
The knowledge and technique necessary to assume responsibilities of the perioperative nurse are emphasized in this broad-based yet comprehensive orientation to the operating room and the perioperative role. Standards of patient care in the operating room are explored and identified. Assessment of patient needs and implementation of nursing interventions are emphasized. Collaborative decision making is reviewed relative to total intraoperative care. Subject material guides the learner to provide for and contribute to patient safety through control of internal and external environment, biological testing and product evaluation, as well as to assist the patient with the management of anxiety through the principles of biological, physical and social sciences. The College recognizes the standards of perioperative nursing practice of the AORN as the conceptual basis of specialty practice in the OR. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: Describe the psychosocial influences affecting the patient's response to surgical intervention; Demonstrate knowledge necessary to implement the perioperative role; Discuss principles of asepsis used in providing patient care during the intraoperative period; Analyze the conceptual basis of role function as an interdisciplinary team member in delivery of care to the operative patient; Plan nursing activities that reflect the nursing process in providing care to the patient undergoing surgical intervention; Relate nursing, legal and ethical boundaries in the practice of professional nursing in the operating room.
Prerequisite:
New students should complete Placement Testing prior to registration; Visiting students may submit college transcript
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3.00 Credits
The skills needed by the nurse to practice professional nursing in the operating room are emphasized. Under the tutelage of an operating-room nurse preceptor, with the guidance of the College faculty facilitator, the learner is introduced to the activities performed by the nurse in the operating room throughout the patient's surgica. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: Assess the pathophysiological and psychosocial influences affecting the patient's response to surgical intervention; Demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed to implement the perioperative role; Apply principles of asepsis in providing patient care during the intraoperative period; Function as a member of the interdisciplinary team in providing patient care during the intraoperative period; Demonstrate application of the nursing process in providing nursing care to the patient receiving surgical intervention.
Prerequisite:
New students should complete Placement Testing prior to registration; Visiting students may submit college transcript
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3.00 Credits
The knowledge and technique necessary to assuming responsibilities of the RN First Assistant are emphasized. The role diversity of the first assistant is explored in its interdependent relationship, as the nurse works both with the physician and for the benefit of the patient. The nursing diagnosis is used as the defining guide in planning and implementing patient care. Expanded functions are stressed and elaborated as the nurse is prepared to assume responsibility in scrubbing, draping, retracting, exposing, clamping, ligating and suturing. Intellectual and manual dexterity are combined to prepare the nurse with the essential skills necessary to this expanded professional role. The College recognizes AORN's position statement on the role of the RN First Assistant. The program meets AORN Education Standards and is accepted by the Competency and Credentialing Institute for Perioperative Nursing. Learners will function within the scope and multiple dimensions of the perioperative role as defined in the preceptor institution. Working with guidelines developed by the College in collaboration with a local AORN advisory board, the preceptorship is a 15-day clinical practicum. Preceptors are selected by the OR nurse manager in the preceptor hospital. Preceptorship sites may be arranged by the learner or selected from the College's preceptor affiliate sites. Schedules for clinical activities are mutually arranged by students and preceptor. 6 weekly clinical hours. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: Trace the historical role of the nurse in the operating room; Apply principles of asepsis, infection control, physical assessment and the nursing process; Review surgical anatomy, physiology and operative techniques related to first assisting; Recognize surgical hazards and initiate appropriate corrective and preventive action; Validate intraoperative nursing behaviors of handling tissue, providing exposure, using surgical instruments, suturing and providing hemostasis.
Prerequisite:
New students should complete Placement Testing prior to registration; Visiting students may submit college transcript
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3.00 Credits
The RN First-Assistant Directed Internship offers clinical preparation for perioperative nurses in first assisting. This internship is based on certain assumptions about the rights of patients and needs of the learner. The College attaches significance to the patient's right to have a qualified assistant during surgical intervention. The perioperative nurse who is prepared as a first assistant is capable of acting collaboratively in assisting both surgeon and patient. The College also believes that the perioperative nurse entering this internship will be a highly motivated individual and bring to the internship personal and professional experience of high quality. Flexibility and respect for individual student goals are essential in planning the internship. Therefore, each student has an active part in determining objectives, identifying learning resources and evaluating attainment of goals. Students work with a College faculty facilitator and surgical preceptor during the internship. The College recognizes AORN's position statement on the role of the RN First Assistant. The program meets AORN Education Standards and is accepted by the Certification Board for Perioperative Nursing. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: Demonstrate application of principles of asepsis and infection control, physical assessment and nursing process; Recognize surgical anatomy and physiology and operative technique related to first assisting; Demonstrate skill in recognizing surgical hazards and initiate appropriate corrective and preventive action; Carry out intraoperative nursing behaviors of handling tissue, providing exposure, using surgical instruments, suturing and providing hemostasis.
Prerequisite:
NUS 207
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10.00 Credits
NUS 210, Concepts and Practice II, is the third nursing course in a sequence of four semesters. In this course, curricular concepts are explained within the context of increasingly complex acute and chronic health needs. The inter-professional model is used to discuss care of diverse patient populations. Clinical and simulation laboratory experiences support the acquisition of knowledge and skills in the care of children and adults with acute, complex needs. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: Apply knowledge of the concept of stress, adaptation, cognition to provide safe, effective, patient centered care incorporating best evidence for an individual experiencing thought process, mood, developmental, or addictive disorders; Apply knowledge of the concept of oxygenation to provide safe, effective, patient centered care incorporating best evidence for an individual experiencing an obstructive pulmonary process; Apply knowledge of the concept of perfusion to provide safe, effective, patient centered care incorporating best evidence for an individual affected by an atherosclerotic process; Apply knowledge of the concept of metabolism to provide safe, effective, patient centered care incorporating best evidence for an individual experiencing an inflammatory process; Apply knowledge of the concept of fluid and electrolytes to provide safe, effective, patient centered care incorporating best evidence for an individual experiencing a renal dysfunction; Apply knowledge of the concept of cellular regulation, immunity to provide safe, effective patient centered care incorporating best evidence.
Prerequisite:
NUS 111 (Grade of C or Higher) and NUS 221 (Grade of C or Higher)
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