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  • 1.00 Credits

    Introduces the LPN to the role of the RN, building upon knowledge learned in a practical nursing program. Includes overview of fundamental nursing concepts, essential nursing skills and cultural competency. Focuses on the use of critical thinking in providing nursing care at the RN level. Emphasizes practice with analyzing assessment data, developing and prioritizing nursing diagnoses, using therapeutic communication, and developing and implementing patient teaching. Registration Restrictions: Current Alaska LPN license and admission to UAA pre-nursing major. Prerequisite:    BIOL A112 UA C AND BIOL A240 UA C (AND WRTG A111 UA C OR WRTG A1W UA C ) AND PSY A150 UA C
  • 3.00 Credits

    Provides an introduction to drug therapy with an emphasis on basic pharmacology principles, drug classifications and actions, correct dosages, methods of administration, and evaluation of patient responses across the lifespan. Nursing process is used to identify priorities for care of patients receiving specific medications. Prerequisite:    BIOL A111 UA C AND BIOL A112 UA C Concurrent AND BIOL A240 UA C Concurrent AND WRTG A111 UA C AND NURS A120 UA C AND NURS A120L UA C AND PSY A150 UA C
  • 3.00 Credits

    Explores ideas, strategies and skills that will assist the student in successful completion of the nursing program and the building of a successful nursing career. Registration Restrictions: Admission into either the UAA AAS or BS Nursing program or the permission of the program chair. Crosslisted with NS A203
  • 3.00 Credits

    Focuses on use of nursing process to provide health care for the childbearing woman, newborn, and family along the health-illness continuum. Content ranges from normal, low-risk perinatal care through nursing care for selected high-risk perinatal complications. Includes antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and low-risk neonatal nursing care with emphasis on developmental and cultural influences upon the health needs of the childbearing family and prioritizing using Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Registration Restrictions: Current admission to third semester AAS nursing program. Completion of one social science elective with a minimum grade of C or concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite:    BIOL A112 UA C AND BIOL A240 UA C AND DN A203 UA C Concurrent (AND WRTG A211 UA C Concurrent OR WRTG A212 UA C Concurrent OR WRTG A213 UA C Concurrent ) AND NURS A125 UA C AND NURS A125L UA C AND NURS A180 UA C Corequisite:    NURS A220L NURS A221 NURS A222 NURS A222L
  • 1.00 Credits

    Provides clinical experiences to reinforce learning in NURS A220. Students use nursing process as they provide care for the childbearing women, newborn, and family along the health-illness continuum and prioritize using Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Clinical experiences occur in selected acute and ambulatory perinatal care settings with focus on providing developmentally and culturally sensitive nursing care for low-risk and selected high-risk perinatal patients and their families. Students are expected to demonstrate competence in performance of psychomotor and critical thinking skills while providing care for two or more patients, including discharge planning. Registration Restrictions: Current admission as third semester AAS Nursing student. Completion of one social science elective with a minimum grade of C or concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite:    BIOL A112 UA C AND BIOL A240 UA C AND DN A203 UA C Concurrent (AND WRTG A211 UA C Concurrent OR WRTG A212 UA C Concurrent OR WRTG A213 UA C Concurrent ) AND NURS A125 UA C AND NURS A125L UA C AND NURS A180 UA C Corequisite:    NURS A220 NURS A221 NURS A222 NURS A222L
  • 1.00 Credits

    Lab-based course where students apply nursing process and knowledge of intravenous (IV) therapy, nutritional support, and pain management learned in previous nursing courses, to advanced concepts in the management of therapeutic interventions administered via the parenteral route. Emphasizes theoretical content and psychomotor skills related to advanced intravenous and parenteral therapies along the health-illness continuum, across the lifespan and applicable in multiple health care settings. Utilizes presentation, seminar, demonstration, supervised practice, return demonstration, and directed self-learning. Registration Restrictions: Current admission to third semester AAS nursing program. Completion of one social science elective with a minimum grade of C or concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite:    BIOL A112 UA C AND BIOL A240 UA C AND DN A203 UA C Concurrent (AND WRTG A211 UA C Concurrent OR WRTG A212 UA C Concurrent OR WRTG A213 UA C Concurrent ) AND NURS A125 UA C AND NURS A125L UA C AND NURS A180 UA C Corequisite:    NURS A220 NURS A220L NURS A222 NURS A222L
  • 3.00 Credits

    Focuses on the use of the critical thinking and nursing process in providing developmentally and culturally appropriate nursing care for children, along with their families, from birth through adolescence. Emphasizes normal growth and development as well as acute and chronic alterations in health and development along the health-illness continuum and prioritized according to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Registration Restrictions: Current admission to third semester AAS nursing program. Completion of one social science elective with a minimum grade of C or concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite:    BIOL A112 UA C AND BIOL A240 UA C AND DN A203 UA C Concurrent (AND WRTG A211 UA C Concurrent OR WRTG A212 UA C Concurrent OR WRTG A213 UA C Concurrent ) AND NURS A125 UA C AND NURS A125L UA C AND NURS A180 UA C Corequisite:    NURS A220 NURS A220L NURS A221 NURS A222L
  • 1.00 Credits

    Provides lab/clinical experiences to reinforce learning in NURS A222. Focuses on use of nursing process in providing developmentally and culturally appropriate nursing care for children and their families along the health-illness continuum and prioritized using Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Clinical experiences occur in selected acute and ambulatory pediatric care settings as well as in selected well-child settings. Students are expected to demonstrate competence in the performance of psychomotor skills as well as critical thinking in providing nursing care for children and families from birth through adolescence. Registration Restrictions: Current admission to third semester AAS Nursing Program. Completion of one social science elective with a minimum grade of C or concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite:    BIOL A112 UA C AND BIOL A240 UA C AND DN A203 UA C Concurrent (AND WRTG A211 UA C Concurrent OR WRTG A212 UA C Concurrent OR WRTG A213 UA C Concurrent ) AND NURS A125 UA C AND NURS A125L UA C AND NURS A180 UA C Corequisite:    NURS A220 NURS A220L NURS A221 NURS A222
  • 3.00 Credits

    Focuses on nursing process and care of the adult medical-surgical patient with acute, complex and life-threatening disorders along the health-illness continuum and based on adult developmental considerations. Emphasis continues on the prioritization of health care needs and nursing interventions utilizing critical thinking and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Registration Restrictions: Current admission to fourth semester AAS Nursing Program. Complete one oral communication elective and one GER elective with minimum grade of C (may be concurrent). Complete one social science elective with minimum grade of C (prerequisite). Prerequisite:    NURS A220 UA C AND NURS A220L UA C AND NURS A221 UA C AND NURS A222 UA C AND NURS A222L UA C Corequisite:    NURS A225L NURS A250 NURS A250L NURS A255
  • 3.00 Credits

    Provides clinical learning experiences in care of the adult medical-surgical patient with acute, complex and life-threatening disorders along the health-illness continuum. Includes experiences in delegation and management of nursing care for small groups of patients. Registration Restrictions: Current admission to fourth semester AAS Nursing Program. Complete one oral communication elective and one GER elective with minimum grade of C (may be concurrent). Complete one social science elective with minimum grade of C (prerequisite). Prerequisite:    NURS A220 UA C AND NURS A220L UA C AND NURS A221 UA C AND NURS A222 UA C AND NURS A222L UA C Corequisite:    NURS A225 NURS A250 NURS A250L NURS A255
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