Nursing

This course introduces the foundation of nursing principles. Students will be introduced to the nursing concepts of critical thinking, safety, time management, and communication as they relate to patient assessment and patient care. This course is a concept based course specifically focusing on nursing process, caring, assessment, and accountability. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the nursing program.
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This course applies the knowledge from NURS 101 to the clinical practice. Students will apply the nursing concepts of critical thinking safety, time management and communication as they relate to patient assessment and patient care. This course is a concept based course specifically applying the nursing process, caring, assessment and accountability to patient care settings. This course will include laboratory and clinical application of nursing concepts. Grading option: Pass/fail. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the nursing program.
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This course builds from the knowledge from NURS 101, 102, and NUTRI 251. Students will continue to associate the nursing concepts of critical thinking, safety, time management and communication as they relate to patient care across the lifespan. This course focuses on the care of the patient from pediatrics to geriatrics. This course is a concept based course specifically identifying and discussing the concepts of health, wellness, and illness; teaching and learning; growth and development; mobility; comfort; grief and loss; sleep and rest; cellular regulation; metabolism; infection; and oxygenation. Prerequisite: Completion of the previous quarter.
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This course builds from the knowledge from NURS 101,102, and NUTRI 251. Students will apply the nursing concepts of critical thinking, safety, time management and communication as they relate to patient care across the lifespan. This course focuses on the well patient from pediatrics to geriatrics. This course is a concept based course specifically applying the concepts health, wellness, and illness; teaching and learning; growth and development; mobility; comfort; grief and loss; sleep and rest; cellular regulation; metabolism; infection; and oxygenation in the clinical setting as they related to patient care across the lifespan. This course will include laboratory and clinical application of nursing concepts and pediatric outpatient clinical experiences. Grading option: Pass/fail. Prerequisite: Completion of the previous quarter.
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In this course, students will begin to examine the determinants of health and illness to include social, psychosocial, environmental, spiritual and cultural dimensions across the lifespan and within the context of health care. Prerequisite: Completion of the previous quarter.
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This course prepares the student to provide direct patient care in hospitals, nursing homes, convalescent centers and home health care settings. The Nursing Assistant Certified has direct contact with the patients and residents in these settings in the process of providing care for their basic daily needs. It teaches about the care of patients in a variety of health care settings. Students learn to recognize the patient’s physical, social and emotional needs and to care for these patients and meet their needs in a caring manner. Grade option: Pass/fail.
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This course introduces the students to the foundational principles of pharmacotherapy. The course includes pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacotherapeutics, and safe administration. The concepts of safety, communication, critical thinking and time management are introduced as they apply to medication administration. Prerequisite: Completion of the previous quarter.
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This course is a continuation of NURS 106, where students will continue to examine the determinants of health and illness including social, psychological, environmental, spiritual and cultural dimensions across the lifespan and within the context of healthcare. Prerequisite: Completion of the previous quarter.
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This course builds from the knowledge from year one for the nursing program. Students will continue to build the nursing concepts of critical thinking, safety, time management and communication as they relate to childbearing women and their families. This course is a concept based course specifically focusing the concepts of assessment and caring as they apply to maternal and perinatal health. Prerequisite: Completion of the previous quarter.
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This course builds from the knowledge from year one for the nursing program. Students will continue to build their knowledge and understanding of the nursing concepts of critical thinking, safety, time management, and communication as they relate to childbearing women and their families. This course is a concept based course specifically applying the concepts of assessment and caring to patient in a maternity/newborn acute care setting, by demonstrating assessment and care of newborn and postpartum maternal patients in the hospital environment. Grading option: Pass/fail. Prerequisite: Completion of the previous quarter.
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This course builds from the knowledge from year one for the nursing program. Students will continue to apply the nursing concepts of critical thinking, safety, time management and communication as they relate to the mental health of patients across the lifespan. This course is a concept based course specifically interpreting and examining the concepts and how the concepts related to the assessment and care of, and therapeutic communication with, the patient in a variety of mental health settings. This includes demonstration of mental health status examination. Prerequisite: Completion of the previous quarter.
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This course builds from the knowledge from year one for the nursing program. Students will continue to apply the nursing concepts of critical thinking, safety, time management and communication as they relate to the mental health of patients across the lifespan. This course is a concept based course specifically applying the concepts of therapeutic communication, assessment and caring to patient in a variety of mental health clinical settings. Grading option: Pass/fail. Prerequisite: Completion of the previous quarter.
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This course builds from the knowledge from NURS 101, 102, 104, and 105. Students will continue to interpret and discuss the nursing concepts of critical thinking, safety, time management and communication as they relate to patients with acute health problems. This course is a concept based course specifically exploring the concepts of clinical decision making, collaboration, evidenced based practice, fluid & electrolytes, oxygenation, perfusion, elimination, cognition, metabolism, nursing management, and acid base balance. Prerequisite: Completion of the previous quarter.
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This course builds from the knowledge from NURS 101,102,104,105. Students will continue to apply the nursing concepts of critical thinking, safety, time management and communication as they relate to patients with acute health problems. This course is a concept based course specifically applying the concepts of clinical decision making, collaboration, evidenced based practice, fluid & electrolytes, oxygenation, perfusion, and acid based balance in the clinical setting. This course will include laboratory and clinical application and demonstration of nursing concepts. Grading option: Pass/fail. Prerequisite: Completion of the previous quarter.
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This course introduces ethical principles that shape the practice of healthcare professionals and are used to develop healthcare policies. This course is a concept based course introducing ethics, legal issues and health policy to nursing practice. Prerequisite: Completion of the previous quarter.
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This course builds from the knowledge from year one for the nursing program. Students will continue to apply the nursing concepts of critical thinking, safety, time management and communication as they relate to the critically ill patient. This course integrates and builds on the concepts of oxygenation, perfusion, acid-base balance, immunity, infection and tissue integrity as it relates to the care of critically ill patients in the acute care setting. Prerequisite: Completion of the previous quarter.
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This course builds from the knowledge from year one for the nursing program. Students will continue to apply the nursing concepts of critical thinking, safety, time management and communication as they relate to the critically ill patient. This course advances the application of the concepts of oxygenation, perfusion, acid-base balance, immunity, infection and tissue integrity as it applies to critically ill patients in the acute care setting. This course will include laboratory and clinical application of stated nursing concepts. Grading option: Pass/fail. Prerequisite: Completion of the previous quarter.
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This course builds from the content introduced in NURS 202. Students apply the ethical principles that are used to develop and implement healthcare policies in a variety of healthcare settings. Prerequisite: Completion of the previous quarter.
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This course is the culmination of all previous nursing quarters into a capstone experience. Students will continue to apply the nursing concepts of critical thinking, safety, time management and communication as they relate to patients in multiple care settings. This course applies the concepts of accountability, collaboration, comfort and technical skills in a capstone experience. Grading option: Pass/fail. Prerequisite: Completion of the previous quarter.
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This course prepares the student for transition to professional practice. Students evaluate key leadership principles and strategies to prepare for licensure. Students integrate and evaluate concepts of accountability and collaboration as they transition to a Registered Nurse. Prerequisite: Completion of the previous quarter.
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This course synthesizes nursing concepts, introduced across the nursing program, in a simulated clinical environment. Students collaborate with interdisciplinary partners to prepare for practice as a Registered Nurse. Grading option: Pass/fail. Prerequisite: Completion of the previous quarter.
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