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2017-2018 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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NURS 1114 Foundations of Nursing 4 Credit Hour(s)
This course introduces the student to the basic concepts of man as a unique individual having basic needs and the capability for adaptive responses to maintain health. With emphasis on the assessment component of the nursing process, the student focuses on the adult client’s adaptation to internal or external stressors in the environment.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the nursing program; eligibility for college-level courses.
Corequisite(s): BIOL 2010 , NURS 1126 , and NURS 1141
This course is not designed for transfer to four-year universities. Students should check course recommendations with the college or university to which they intend to transfer for a baccalaureate degree. The receiving institution always makes the final decision about transferability of credits.
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NURS 1126 Foundations Clinical 3 Credit Hour(s)
This course introduces the student to the components of the nursing process in identifying the basic needs of the adult client. Assessment skills are emphasized in identifying internal and external stressors and adaptive responses that adult clients experience in the maintenance or promotion of health. Health care environments include community senior citizen centers, skilled nursing facilities, and hospital settings.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the nursing program; eligibility for college-level courses.
Corequisite(s): BIOL 2010 , NURS 1114 , and NURS 1141
This course is not designed for transfer to four-year universities. Students should check course recommendations with the college or university to which they intend to transfer for a baccalaureate degree. The receiving institution always makes the final decision about transferability of credits.
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NURS 1141 Dosages and Solutions 2 Credit Hour(s)
This course provides information essential for calculating dosages and understanding drug orders and labels. The student learns and practices the skills of dosages and calculations. Students learn to recognize common abbreviations and select correct dosages for medication administration. Critical thinking skills are applied to medication situations to emphasize the importance of accuracy and the avoidance of medication errors.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Nursing program, eligibility to enroll in college-level courses.
Corequisite(s): NURS 1114 , NURS 1126 , BIOL 2010
This course is not designed for transfer to four-year universities. Students should check course recommendations with the college or university to which they intend to transfer for a baccalaureate degree. The receiving institution always makes the final decision about transferability of credits.
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NURS 1213 Adult Health Nursing I 3 Credit Hour(s)
This course utilizes the nursing process in promoting the adult client’s adaptation to internal and external stressors as it relates to the promotion and maintenance of health. Emphasis is placed upon meeting the adult client’s basic needs. Physiological, psychosocial, pathophysiological, and health teaching aspects of client care in acute health care environments are explored. Problem-solving and critical thinking skills are used to promote the client’s adaptive responses to the interruption of health. This is a half semester course.
Prerequisite(s): NURS 1114 , NURS 1126 , NURS 1141 , BIOL 2010 .
Corequisite(s): NURS 1226 , NURS 1613 , NURS 1626 , BIOL 2020 and
This course is not designed for transfer to four-year universities. Students should check course recommendations with the college or university to which they intend to transfer for a baccalaureate degree. The receiving institution always makes the final decision about transferability of credits.
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NURS 1226 Adult Health Nursing I Clinic 2 Credit Hour(s)
This course uses the nursing process to plan and provide interventions to assist an adult client in meeting basic needs in the hospital environment. The student has opportunities to assist the client in the adaptation to stressors, and in the maintenance and promotion of health. Emphasis is placed on the development of skills in assessment, clinical decision making, communication, and teaching/learning. This is a half-semester course.
Prerequisite(s): NURS 1114 , NURS 1126 , NURS 1141 , BIOL 2010 .
Corequisite(s): NURS 1213 , NURS 1613 , NURS 1626 , BIOL 2020 and
This course is not designed for transfer to four-year universities. Students should check course recommendations with the college or university to which they intend to transfer for a baccalaureate degree. The receiving institution always makes the final decision about transferability of credits.
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NURS 1613 Nursing of the Childbearing Family 3 Credit Hour(s)
This course focuses on the adaptation of the pregnant client and her family to internal and external stressors needed to meet basic needs. The nursing process is used to assist the pregnant client to maintain and promote health in varied clinical environments. This is a half-semester course.
Prerequisite(s): NURS 1114 , NURS 1126 , NURS 1141 , BIOL 2010 .
Corequisite(s): NURS 1213 , NURS 1226 , NURS 1626 , BIOL 2020 ,
This course is not designed for transfer to four-year universities. Students should check course recommendations with the college or university to which they intend to transfer for a baccalaureate degree. The receiving institution always makes the final decision about transferability of credits.
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NURS 1626 Nursing of the Childbearing Family Clinic 2 Credit Hour(s)
This course focuses on the implementation of nursing care for the pregnant client and her family during the ante-partum, intra-partum, postpartum, and the newborn periods. The nursing process is used to assist the client and her family in meeting basic needs while adapting to internal and external stressors to maintain and promote health. Clinical experiences are available in antepartal, labor and delivery, and postpartal areas as well as in the newborn nursery. This is a half-semester course.
Prerequisite(s): NURS 1114 , NURS 1126 , NURS 1141 , BIOL 2010 .
Corequisite(s): NURS 1213 , NURS 1226 , NURS 1613 , BIOL 2020 ,
This course is not designed for transfer to four-year universities. Students should check course recommendations with the college or university to which they intend to transfer for a baccalaureate degree. The receiving institution always makes the final decision about transferability of credits.
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NURS 1914 Professional Nursing Transition 4 Credit Hour(s)
This course is designed for the role transition of the Licensed Practical Nurse and builds upon the student’s present knowledge of the adult client’s adaptation to internal and external stressors in meeting basic needs. The student learns to use the nursing process to promote and maintain health in a variety of client care hospital settings.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the LPN Mobility Track of the Nursing Program, eligibility for college level courses, current LPN licensure, BIOL 2010 , BIOL 2020 , BIOL 1230 .
Corequisite(s): NURS 1926 , NURS 1141
This course is not designed for transfer to four-year universities. Students should check course recommendations with the college or university to which they intend to transfer for a baccalaureate degree. The receiving institution always makes the final decision about transferability of credits.
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NURS 1926 Professional Nursing Transition Clinic 1 Credit Hour(s)
This course builds on the Licensed Practical Nurse’s previous clinical experiences and uses the nursing process to plan and implement nursing care to assist the adult client in meeting basic needs in a hospital environment. The student is provided opportunities to assist the adult client with adaptation to internal and external stressors while maintaining and promoting health.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Nursing program LPN Mobility Track, Current LPN licensure, CPR certification, eligibility for college level courses, BIOL 2010 , BIOL 2020 , and BIOL 1230 .
Corequisite(s): NURS 1914 , NURS 1141
This course is not designed for transfer to four-year universities. Students should check course recommendations with the college or university to which they intend to transfer for a baccalaureate degree. The receiving institution always makes the final decision about transferability of credits.
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NURS 2113 Nursing Of Children 3 Credit Hour(s)
This course focuses on the adaptation of the child to physical and developmental changes from infancy to adolescence. The nursing process is utilized in determining care needs for the ill child and family with stressors associated with common health problems in a health care environment. A comparative study of the healthy child puts emphasis on principles of health promotion and physical and psychological adaptive mechanisms necessary to meet basic needs and maintain health. This is a half-semester course.
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 2020 , , NURS 1213 , NURS 1226 , NURS 1613 , NURS 1626 .
Corequisite(s): NURS 2313 , NURS 2326 , NURS 2126 , BIOL 1230
This course is not designed for transfer to four-year universities. Students should check course recommendations with the college or university to which they intend to transfer for a baccalaureate degree. The receiving institution always makes the final decision about transferability of credits.
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NURS 2126 Nursing of Children Clinic 2 Credit Hour(s)
This is a half-semester course that emphasizes the use of the nursing process to assist the child and family to meet basic needs in various health care environments. Students learn adaptive behaviors used by the family and the child in reaction to the internal and external stressors of hospitalization. Principles of teaching/learning are used to aid in promoting health for the infant, child and adolescent. A comparative study of the healthy child is provided through observational experiences in community agencies.
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 2020 , , NURS 1213 , NURS 1226 , NURS 1613 , NURS 1626 .
Corequisite(s): NURS 2313 , NURS 2326 , NURS 2113 , BIOL 1230
This course is not designed for transfer to four-year universities. Students should check course recommendations with the college or university to which they intend to transfer for a baccalaureate degree. The receiving institution always makes the final decision about transferability of credits.
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NURS 2313 Mental Health Nursing 3 Credit Hour(s)
This course focuses on the clients’ adaptive responses to stressors in the internal and external environment along the mental health continuum. The concepts of holistic man, therapeutic use of self, self and cultural awareness and the nursing process are emphasized. Theory focuses on the clients’ behavior, growth and development as they strive to meet their basic needs in varied health care environments. This is a half-semester course.
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 2020 ; NURS 1213 ; NURS 1226 ; NURS 1613 ; NURS 1626 ; .
Corequisite(s): NURS 2326 ; NURS 2113 ; NURS 2126 ; BIOL 1230
This course is not designed for transfer to four-year universities. Students should check course recommendations with the college or university to which they intend to transfer for a baccalaureate degree. The receiving institution always makes the final decision about transferability of credits.
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NURS 2326 Mental Health Nursing Clinic 2 Credit Hour(s)
This course focuses on nursing interventions for mental health-psychiatric care in a variety of clinical practice environments. Critical thinking skills are utilized through the application of the nursing process and therapeutic communication skills to support clients’ adaptive responses to internal and external stressors along the mental health continuum. The concepts of holistic man, therapeutic use of self, and self and cultural awareness are emphasized. Students focus on clients’ behavior, growth and development in meeting their basic needs. This is a half-semester course.
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 2020 ; , NURS 1213 , NURS 1226 , NURS 1613 , NURS 1626 .
Corequisite(s): NURS 2313 , NURS 2126 , NURS 2113 , BIOL 1230
This course is not designed for transfer to four-year universities. Students should check course recommendations with the college or university to which they intend to transfer for a baccalaureate degree. The receiving institution always makes the final decision about transferability of credits.
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NURS 2412 Nursing Management 2 Credit Hour(s)
This course is an introduction to management principles and involves discussion of problems, issues, and stressors inherent in adaptation from student to practitioner. It explores the nurse’s role in managing client care, delegating tasks, prioritizing care, and in supervising other health care workers in the health care environment. The effective use of the nursing process and communication skills in management is stressed. Emphasis is placed on rights, responsibilities, and legal/ ethical implications of nursing management.
Prerequisite(s): NURS 2313 , NURS 2326 , NURS 2113 , NURS 2126 , BIOL 1230 .
Corequisite(s): NURS 2426 , NURS 2414 , MATH 1530 , Fine Arts elective
This course is not designed for transfer to four-year universities. Students should check course recommendations with the college or university to which they intend to transfer for a baccalaureate degree. The receiving institution always makes the final decision about transferability of credits.
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NURS 2414 Adult Health Nursing II 4 Credit Hour(s)
This course further develops the student’s knowledge of health, adaptation, and the utilization of the nursing process in meeting basic needs of adult clients. Emphasis is placed on the utilization of critical thinking skills in determining clients’ adaptive responses to internal and external stressors and the appropriate nursing actions to be performed. The nursing process is used to plan and implement comprehensive care to adult clients with complex health problems.
Prerequisite(s): NURS 2313 , NURS 2326 , NURS 2113 , NURS 2126 , BIOL 1230 .
Corequisite(s): NURS 2426 , NURS 2412 , MATH 1530 , Fine Arts elective
This course is not designed for transfer to four-year universities. Students should check course recommendations with the college or university to which they intend to transfer for a baccalaureate degree. The receiving institution always makes the final decision about transferability of credits.
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NURS 2426 Adult Health Nursing II Clinic 3 Credit Hour(s)
This course further develops the student’s knowledge of health, adaptation, and the utilization of the nursing process in meeting basic needs for adult clients in varied health care environments. Emphasis is placed on the utilization of critical thinking skills in determining clients’ adaptive responses to stressors created by a complexity of health problems and the nursing actions to be implemented. The student collaborates with other health team members and practices leadership skills. Students are expected to perform activities within the scope of accepted legal/ethical standards.
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1230 , NURS 2113 , NURS 2126 , NURS 2313 , NURS 2326 .
Corequisite(s): NURS 2414 , NURS 2412 , MATH 1530 , Fine Arts elective
This course is not designed for transfer to four-year universities. Students should check course recommendations with the college or university to which they intend to transfer for a baccalaureate degree. The receiving institution always makes the final decision about transferability of credits.
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NURS 2990 Special Topics in Nursing 1-6 Credit Hour(s)
In-depth study of concepts related to selected aspects of nursing. Permission of the Department Chair required.
This course is not designed for transfer to four-year universities. Students should check course recommendations with the college or university to which they intend to transfer for a baccalaureate degree. The receiving institution always makes the final decision about transferability of credits.
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