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5.00 Credits
This supervised clinical laboratory course focuses upon building competency in the utilization of nursing skills and concepts taught in the pre-requisite and co-requisite nursing courses. Student laboratory assignments focus on providing care for adults experiencing pathophysiological alterations in health requiring medical and/or surgical interventions requiring complex short and long term nursing care. Nursing process is used to continue development of critical thinking skills as students write one patient care plan each clinical week. Students participate in their own clinical performance evaluation and are encouraged to seek clinical experiences to enhance individual learning needs. To provide meaningful clinical supervision and learning, a ratio of 1 instructor to no more than 10 students is maintained.
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2.00 Credits
This course utilizes principles of family-centered nursing and nursing process to focus on nursing care of the young family. Course content includes maternal health and fetal development from conception through the postpartum period. Normal physiological and psychosocial changes associated with pregnancy and their relationship to patient and family needs for nursing care and education are emphasized. Using Erickson's and Piget's theories of growth and development, normal growth and development from birth through adolescence is combined with the study of common pediatric health alterations and associated nursing care needs of these age groups. The role of the practical nurse in obstetrical and pediatric nursing is delineated in various healthcare settings. Selected nursing procedures and skills associated with care of obstetrical and pediatric patients during pregnancy, labor, delivery, and immediate postpartum period are introduced.
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2.00 Credits
This supervised clinical laboratory course focuses on building competency in the utilization of nursing knowledge and skills to provide nursing care to obstetric and pediatric patients. Clinical obstetric laboratory assignments emphasize assessment, common nursing interventions related to the obstetrical patient, and development of specific skills related to delivery and the immediate postpartum period. Clinical pediatric laboratory assignments emphasize normal growth and development, developing skills related to pediatric assessment and providing age appropriate nursing care to children with common alterations in health. To provide meaningful clinical supervision and learning, a ratio of 1 instructor to no more than 10 students is maintained.
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2.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to the basic principles and concepts of pharmacology, including drug classification, identification, standards, laws, and regulations governing drug manufacturing, selling, prescribing, and administering. The principles of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics are discussed in detail. Principles of drug administration are discussed, including dosage calculation and drug administration techniques. Nursing process and patient education is emphasized as central to pharmacology in nursing. Finally, specific drug classes commonly used to manage pain and infection are described. NOTE: Students must complete a drug calculation examination with a minimum score of 79% to continue in the practical nursing program. Application of course content is provided during supervised clinical lab experiences throughout the program of study.
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2.00 Credits
This course builds upon pharmacological principles discussed in Principles of Nursing Pharmacology (LPNU 124NR) to focus on specific drug therapy for common alterations in health. Body systems and physiological drug classifications are used to organize the study of drug therapy to treat common alterations in health with emphasis on the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics including usage, adverse reactions, and patient education. Specific principles of drug utilization in the obstetrical and pediatric patient populations are discussed, including management of labor, delivery, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, and pediatric drug dosage calculation. The nursing process is used as a guide for discussing the assessment, administration, evaluation and patient education needs of patients receiving specific drug therapy. Application of course content is provided during supervised clinical lab experiences throughout the program of study.
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1.00 Credits
This course focuses on the basic principles of nutritional science, including the macro and micro nutrients, water, dietary guidelines and daily requirements. Focusing on adults, Healthy People 2010, Nutritional Guidelines for Americans, Recommended Daily Allowances, and the Food Pyramid are discussed as the basis for assessment of nutritional status. Students complete an extensive nutritional self-study assessment and are encouraged to alter their nutritional practices as necessary to comply with recommended nutrient intake. Cultural, ethnic and religious influences on dietary patterns are also identified and discussed. Application of course content is provided during supervised clinical lab experiences throughout the program of study.
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2.00 Credits
This course builds on the nutritional principles discussed in Principles of Nutrition for Nursing (LPNU 126NR) to focus on specific diet therapy utilized in the treatment of common alterations in health. Content is organized using body systems and disease processes to discuss diet therapy in selected cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and renal disorders. Dietary considerations for patients with burns, surgical interventions, diabetes mellitus, and cancer are described, including use of dietary supplements, total parenteral nutrition (TPN), and peripheral parenteral nutrition (PPN). Specific principles of diet therapy for the obstetrical and pediatric patient populations are discussed. The role of the practical nurse in diet therapy and nutritional patient education is stressed. At the end of the course, students complete a comprehensive written and verbal patient education diet teaching project.
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12.00 Credits
No course description available.
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4.00 Credits
This course builds on the knowledge and skills developed in previous nursing courses to focus study on adults with complex alterations in health, and the development of personal leadership skills. Utilizing a body systems approach, the course is designed to prepare the student in the use of the nursing process when caring for small groups of adults experiencing pathophysiological alterations requiring complex medical and/or nursing interventions. Using patient scenarios, students develop comprehensive nursing care plans that include assessment, nursing diagnoses, patient goals, nursing interventions, scientific rationale for each intervention, and patient goal evaluation. Application of course content is provided during supervised clinical lab experiences.
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4.00 Credits
This supervised clinical laboratory course focuses upon building competency in the utilization of nursing knowledge and skill taught in the pre-requisite and co-requisite nursing courses. Student laboratory assignments focus on providing care for groups of adults experiencing complex pathophysiological alterations in health. Students are given opportunities to develop leadership skills in team membership, team leading, and serving as the medication and treatment nurse for groups of 8 or more patients. Nursing process is used to continue development of critical thinking skills. Student participation in clinical performance evaluation is continued with emphasis on development of leadership characteristics. To provide meaningful clinical supervision and learning, a ratio of 1 instructor to no more than 10 students is maintained.
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