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Course Criteria
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5.00 Credits
Focuses on health care practices to meet adult health needs along the health-illness continuum. Particular emphasis is given to adaptation to respiratory, cardiovascular, renal, genitourinary, metabolic/endocrine and sensory needs. Fundamental nursing skills are reviewed and strengthened to meet basic human needs. Previous health care experiences of the student are used to further develop knowledge of the cultural-spiritual aspects of nursing. The nursing process is used as a problem-solving tool to develop an individual plan of care. Fundamental principles of therapeutic communication are reinforced and applied in the interaction with individuals, families ad groups. Teaching-learning strategies to enhance promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health are developed. Ethical-legal principles and practices are reviewed and applied in the health care environment. Dependent and independent responsibilities and functions of the nurse as a member of the nursing profession are examined and the role of the professional nurse is differentiated from others in the changing health care environment. Pharmacologic and nutritional principles are intergrated throughout the course. During concurrent clinical laboratory experience, the student will provide holistic nursing care to meet the health care needs of selected clients in the clinical agencies to enable the student to apply knowledge and skills learned in the classroom. Students will use advanced technologies in the clinical area to reinforce learning. Advanced technologies are used in the clinical setting to enhance student learning.
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4.00 Credits
Focuses on the health care needs of the traditional and nontraditional family during the childbearing years. The role of individuals, families and groups in an ever-changing health care environment is analyzed. Emphasis is placed on roles, relationships, adaptive and maladaptive responses experienced in the expanding family. The impact of cultural-spiritual needs on individuals, families and groups is compared. The nursing process is used to meet and promote adaptive responses to the health needs of the expanding family. Therapeutic communication is applied in the promotion, maintenance and restoration of health. Teaching-learning interventions appropriate for parenhood, family living, sexuality, and health care practices are emphasized. Ethical-legal principles and the role of the professional nurse are incorporated within the ever-changing health care delivery system. During concurrent clinical laboratory experience, the student will provide health care using holistic concepts to meet the needs of selected patients in the hospital or appropriate community settings to enable the student to apply knowledge and skills learned in the classroom.
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4.00 Credits
Focuses on the health care needs of the developing family. This course introduces the student to pediatric nursing knowledge integrating information from biological, social and behavorial sciences in the delivery of family-centered care. Fundamental nursing skills are further developed to assist families to promote, maintain and restore health integrity of pediatric clients by utilizing evidence based practice, technology and resources for the achievement of quality patient outcomes. Integrated in the course are the physiologic, psychosocial, and cultural-spiritual needs of the developing family in an ever-changing health care environment. The nursing process is used to promote health, prevent abuse, and meet the needs of the child from birth to adolescence. Therapeutic communication is used to promote adaptation and maximize human potential. Emphasis is on teaching-learning interventions appropriate for the developmental and chronological age of the child. Ethical-legal principles and the role of the professional nurse are incorporated within the ever-changing health care delivery system. During concurrent clinical laboratory experience, the student will provide health care using holistic concepts to meet the needs of selected patients in the hospital or appropriate community settings to enable the student to apply knowledge and skills learned in the classroom. The student will continue to develop attitudes, values, and personal qualities that reflect a commitment to life-long learning, which in turn fosters transitioning into the role of the professional nurse.
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4.00 Credits
Focuses on the psychosocial needs of individuals, families and groups. Holistic nursing is practiced in primary, secondary and tertiary environments. The impact of cultural-spiritual needs on the psychologic and social structure of clients, families and community is explored. The nursing process is used to meet psychosocial needs by promotion of adaptive responses to increase self-esteem and self-awareness. Therapeutic communication is emphasized and provides the framework for the nurse-client relationship. Teaching-learning strategies are used to enhance promotion, maintenance and restoration of mental health. Ethical-legal considerations are applied to the interventions with mental health clients, their families and groups. Professional role responsibilities are related to the ever-changing health care delivery system. Crisis intervention, systems, family, group and organizational theories are discussed. Psychopharmacology is included. During concurrent clinical laboratory experience, the student will provide holistic health care to meet the psychosocial needs of selected clients who are in the hospital or appropriate community settings to enable the student to apply knowledge and skills learned in the classroom.
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4.00 Credits
Provides a nursing theory base in meeting complex health care needs of the acutely and/or chronically ill adults. Advanced concepts are provided and correlated to theoretical knowledge and technical skills to meet holistic health care needs in a complex environment. Advanced concept of gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, immune, hepatic, burn, neurologic, respiratory, renal, and cardiac needs are included. The impact of cultural-spiritual needs on the client and family is examined. The nursing process is used as a basis for correlation between theoretical knowledge and clinical practice and to promote adaptive responses. Emphasis is on the nursing process from assessment through evaluation. The student develops complex problem-solving skills, decision-making skills, and increases the ability to create change within the health care delivery system. Therapeutic communication and teaching-learning skills are focused on clients with alteration in communication and learning. Ethical-legal considerations are applied to the adult client with complex health needs. Differentiating the professional nursing role from others in the ever-changing health care delivery system is accomplished. During concurrent clinical laboratory experience the student will provide holistic health care to meet the health needs of selected patients in the hospital and nursing home to enable the student to integrate knowledge and skills learned in the classroom.
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2.00 Credits
Emphasizes the autonomous and evolving role of the professional nurse. The health needs of individuals, families and groups and how they are influenced by society and the environment are discussed. Disaster nursing responsibilities are explored. The impact of cultural-spiritual needs on the delivery of health care within the ever-changing health care delivery system is analyzed. The nursing process is used to further develop problem-solving and decision-making skills, itilizing evidenced based practice, technology and resources for the achievement of safe, quality patient outcomes. Interpersonal communication techniques to enhance professional growth will be investigated. Ethical-legal rights and duties will be synthesized. The importance of a commitment to life long learning and the evolving role of the professional nurse are discussed. Management styles, leadership roles and nursing research are analyzed. Role responsibility, accountability and delegation are discussed.
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2.00 Credits
This review of online, live and self-paced learning modalities allows the ADN student to utilize a variety of learning styles to assist in preparing for national licensure. The review is intended to build confidence, review relevant content, and develop strategies to prepare for the NCLEX-RN. The preparation is based on the NCSBN blueprint and focuses on content areas of; management of care, safety and infection control, health promotion and maintenance, psychosocial integrity, basic comfort and care, pharmacological and parental therapies, reduction of risk potential and physiological adaptation.
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1.00 Credits
Lays the foundations for the development of standard keyboarding dexterity. It is the first of several courses designed to build mastery of the computer keyboard (alphabet and numbers) as an educational tool and as a marketable skill.
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1.00 Credits
Continues laying the foundations for the development of standard keyboarding dexterity. It is the second of several courses designed to build mastery of the computer keyboard, (alphabet, numbers and symbols) as an educational tool and as a marketable skill.
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1.00 Credits
Is the third of several courses designed to build mastery of the computer keyboard, (alphabet, numbers and symbols) as an educational tool and as a marketable skill.
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