Prerequisite: Admission to Nursing program. Focus on basic human needs and development, interpersonal relationships, and beginning skills of patient care. Clinical laboratory experience provided. (Four hours of lecture and eight hours of clinical laboratory per week) This course is used to evaluate the oral communication competency.
Prerequisite: NUR 101. Application of scientific nursing principles and techniques, therapeutic relationships, and behavioral concepts essential to psychiatric and general hospital patients. (Four hours of lecture, eight hours of clinical laboratory per week)
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the advanced placement nursing program. Assists the Licensed Practical Nurse to move into the role of the associate degree nurse. Includes selected content on physical and psychological needs.
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Prerequisite: NUR 102. Preparation for giving family-centered nursing care and applying nursing principles/techniques in maternal care during maternity cycle/child care from conception through adolescence. (Five hours of lecture, ten hours of clinical laboratory per week)
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Prerequisite: NUR 201. Focus on developing a coordinated approach to planning and implementing nursing care for patients with major health disorders. (Five hours of lecture, ten hours of clinical laboratory per week)
Prerequisite: NUR 201. Seminar discussion of issues and trends in nursing, legal and ethical components, job opportunities, career satisfaction, continuing education, and professional responsibilities. (Two hours of lecture per week)
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Prerequisite: RN status. Overview of the current theories in nursing practice and application of these theories as they relate to care of the client and professional nursing. Students will be expected to complete assignments related to nursing theories of interest.
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Prerequisite: RN status. An introduction to the basic concepts of the research process and statistical analysis of research data. Students will be expected to conduct a small research study, discuss the research process and research ethics, analyze current nursing research, and write a research report.
Prerequisite: RN status. An examination of support systems within the community for health maintenance and promotion, especially for under-served populations. Focuses on public
health issues confronting those of need in the community. Clinical focus: choose an area of interest in regard to community support systems. Four hours clinical practicum and two hours lecture per week.
Prerequisite: RN status. An examination of pharmacotherapeutic agents across the life span. Discussion of the major classes of pharmacotherapeutic agents and nursing implications. Students will write a teaching plan for safe and effective medication administration for selected clients.
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Prerequisite: RN status. Prerequisite: RN status. Overview of the aging process, with emphasis on health maintenance and health promotion in older adults. Societal issues and misconceptions regarding aging will be examined. Clinical focus: A relevant issue in aging. Four hours clinical practicum and two hours lecture per week.
Prerequisite: RN status. Transcultural nursing principles related to culturally competent health care. Examination of different cultures and subcultures, health care benefits and values affecting health care delivery. The course includes group experiences related to cultural diversity.
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Prerequisite: RN status. Examination of individuals and groups identified as under-served with regard to health care, including access and education. The homeless, mentally ill, chronically ill, and minorities will be among the groups examined. Clinical focus: Public health issues and a vulnerable population of student interest. Four hours clinical practicum and two hours lecture per week.
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Prerequisite: RN status. Nursing leadership and management principles and their application to professional nursing practice. The concepts of decision making, priority setting, delegating, conflict resolution, and management of nursing care will be discussed. Four hours clinical practicum and two hours lecture per week.
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Prerequisite: RN status. Discussion of basic principles of teaching and learning. Students will identify client and/or student learning needs and develop and evaluate a teaching plan.
Prerequisite: RN status. This course provides the nursing professional an opportunity to synthesize concepts of disease processes across the life span with the goal of enhancing critical thinking, clinical decision making, and communication between health care professionals.
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Prerequisite: RN status. Offers the BSN student an opportunity to develop excellent assessment and screening skills. Focus is on a holistic approach across the life span. The student will be required to do an in-depth physical