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1.00 Credits
This course focuses on the ability to accurately prepare dosages for medication administration. Basic principles are introduced for use as guidelines for maximum amounts of medication and their forms (pills, milliliters, drops-perminute) to be administered. It discusses converting among household, apothecary, and intravenous dosages. It stresses reading and interpreting medication labels and adult and pediatric dosages. 1/0/0 Course fee charged
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7.00 Credits
This initial nursing course explores and applies concepts basic to nursing. Fundamental psychomotor and communication nursing skills are developed and applied within a framework of the nursing process and Maslow's human needs. Clinical experiences focus on alterations in basic needs of adult and senescent patients with acute and chronic medical conditions. The course includes classroom, college-based laboratory, and a clinical practicum. Prerequisite: Admission to program Co-requisite: BIO 110, BIO 111, PSY 101 4/3/6 FA/SP Course and lab fee charged
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9.00 Credits
This course examines the health and social situations of today's family. It focuses on the birth process, children from newborns to adolescents, and women's health needs. It emphasizes health promotion, growth and development, and needs identification as related to healthy and ill childbearing families. Psychomotor, communication, and medication administration skills are developed. The course includes classroom, college-based laboratory, and a clinical practicum. Prerequisite: BIO 110, BIO 111, NUR 119, PSY 101 Co-requisite: BIO 114, BIO 115, PSY 256 4/3/12 FA/SP Course and lab fee charged
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacotherapy. It presents current content with regard to contemporary medications in relevant drug groups. Critical thinking case studies highlight pertinent information. Prerequisite: NUR 120 or two nursing courses or RN or LPN 3/0/0 Course fee charged
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1.00 Credits
This elective course permits the student an intensive clinical experience in a selected clinical area with an individual preceptor. The focus is on the application of clinical judgment in specific settings with the majority of the contact hours in the clinical affiliate. Learning through experience is emphasized. Prerequisite: NUR 214 0/0/3 Course fee charged
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8.00 Credits
This course focuses on the patient who has experienced stress through surgical and psychological trauma. Using the nursing process, it emphasizes the care of patients through all phases of the surgical experience and mental health rehabilitation. Observational opportunities are provided in mental health facilities and multiple peri-operative surgical settings. A clinical lab for the demonstration and practice of advanced nursing skills is required. Prerequisite: BIO 114, BIO 115, NUR 120, PSY 256 Co-requisite: BIO 155, BIO 156, CHE 210 4/0/12 FA/SP Course fee charged
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9.00 Credits
This course is the culmination of the exploration of the health needs of the individual. It focuses on the patient having multiple unmet needs requiring complex nursing interventions. It emphasizes providing care to individuals and groups of patients. It stresses mastery of intricate psychomotor techniques, medication administration skills, and the administration of continuous IV (drip meds) pharmacotherapeutics. It includes classroom, lab practicums, and clinical practicum. Prerequisite: BIO 155, BIO 156, CHE 210, NUR 214 Co-requisite: NUR 216 4/0/14 FA/SP Course fee charged
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1.00 Credits
This seminar covers current issues affecting health care delivery, management techniques, legal and ethical concerns, and political/ legislative strategies. It involves discussion, role playing, and individual projects to analyze the issues. Prerequisite: NUR 214 Co-requisite: NUR 215 1/0/0 FA/SP Course fee charged
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3.00 Credits
This course examines some of the fundamental questions concerning knowledge, existence, and value. Does God exist? What constitutes good and evil? Is there an afterlife? What is free will? It emphasizes examining the original works of important philosophers. 3/0/0 FA/SP
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the principles of valid reasoning, with emphasis upon their practical uses in the development of critical thinking. It focuses on conditions of clear statements, semantics of definitions, adequate evidence, common fallacies, and inductive and deductive logic. 3/0/0
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