Credit Course Schedules

Students will continue to develop National League for Nursing (NLN) Associate Degree (AD) Competencies (professional behaviors, communication, assessment, clinical decision making, caring intervention, teaching and learning, collaborating and managing care), the three roles of the AD nurse (provider of care, manager of care, and member within the discipline), and Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies first introduced in NUR 1510. Students will provide safe, holistic, culturally competent patient-centered care across the life span. The coursework emphasizes individuals experiencing simple/acute health disruptions in biophysical and psychosocial dimensions. Practice will occur in a variety of healthcare settings. Students will focus on assisting patients to reestablish health/wellness with emphasis on maternal, newborn, pediatric and surgical patients. Select ethical legal principles are reinforced. Students will learn the preparation and administration of parenteral medications, excluding intravenous medications. Prerequisites: NUR 1510 and successful completion of BIO 2510 with a grade of C or better, prerequisite/co-requisites: BIO 2520, SOC 1510, ENG 1530.. Institutional Course Syllabus

Students will continue to develop National League for Nursing (NLN) Associate Degree (AD) Competencies (professional behaviors, communication, assessment, clinical decision making, caring intervention, teaching and learning, collaborating and managing care), the three roles of the AD nurse (provider of care, manager of care, and member within the discipline), and Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies first introduced in NUR 1510. Students will provide safe, holistic, culturally competent patient-centered care across the life span. The coursework emphasizes individuals experiencing simple/acute health disruptions in biophysical and psychosocial dimensions. Practice will occur in a variety of healthcare settings. Students will focus on assisting patients to reestablish health/wellness with emphasis on maternal, newborn, pediatric and surgical patients. Select ethical legal principles are reinforced. Students will learn the preparation and administration of parenteral medications, excluding intravenous medications. Prerequisites: NUR 1510 and successful completion of BIO 2510 with a grade of C or better, prerequisite/co-requisites: BIO 2520, SOC 1510, ENG 1530.. Institutional Course Syllabus

Students will continue to develop National League for Nursing (NLN) Associate Degree (AD) Competencies (professional behaviors, communication, assessment, clinical decision making, caring intervention, teaching and learning, collaborating and managing care), the three roles of the AD nurse (provider of care, manager of care, and member within the discipline), and Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies first introduced in NUR 1510. Students will provide safe, holistic, culturally competent patient-centered care across the life span. The coursework emphasizes individuals experiencing simple/acute health disruptions in biophysical and psychosocial dimensions. Practice will occur in a variety of healthcare settings. Students will focus on assisting patients to reestablish health/wellness with emphasis on maternal, newborn, pediatric and surgical patients. Select ethical legal principles are reinforced. Students will learn the preparation and administration of parenteral medications, excluding intravenous medications. Prerequisites: NUR 1510 and successful completion of BIO 2510 with a grade of C or better, prerequisite/co-requisites: BIO 2520, SOC 1510, ENG 1530.. Institutional Course Syllabus

Students receive on-the-job experience consisting of 45 hours of supervised activity in a health care agency setting. Students work in conjunction with a faculty mentor and a supervisor at the job site. Individual goals and objectives will be developed between student, faculty, mentor, and agency supervisor. Prerequisites: Successful completion of NUR 2510 with a grade of C+ or better and permission of the instructor. Institutional Course Syllabus

Students receive on-the-job experience consisting of 90 hours of supervised activity in a health care agency setting. Students work in conjunction with a faculty mentor and a supervisor at the job site. Individual goals and objectives will be developed between student, faculty, mentor, and agency supervisor. Prerequisites: Successful completion of NUR 2510 with a grade of C+ or better and permission of the instructor. Institutional Course Syllabus

Students will continue to be introduced to essential information which promotes the knowledge and skills of safe medication therapy to clients/patients across the lifespan. The course will present the study of the pharmacological action of medications and the care of the client/patient using the nursing process. The course focuses on the medication for patients with alterations in the following: oxygenation, perfusion, sensory-perception, tissue integrity, cellular regulation and psycho-social. Prerequisite: NUR 2350 Part I, and successful completion of NUR 1520, BIO 2510 and BIO 2520 with a grade of C or better. Institutional Course Syllabus

Students will continue to develop the National League for Nursing (NLN) Associate Degree (AD) Competencies (professional behaviors, communication, assessment, clinical decision making, caring interventions, teaching, and learning, collaborating and managing care) and Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies and the three roles of the Associate Degree (AD) nurse as provider of care and manager of care with an emphasis on the role as manager of care. Course work emphasizes individuals experiencing complex acute and chronic biophysical and mental health deviations. Using a variety of healthcare settings, students will provide safe, holistic, culturally competent patient centered care across the life span. Emphasis will be placed on the care of patients with the following health alterations: oxygenation, perfusion, sensory perception, tissue integrity, cellular regulation, and psychosocial. Prerequisites: NUR 2510, NUR 2350, NUR 2550, PSY 2510, and successful completion of BIO 2531 and 2532 with a grade of C or better; Corequisites: NUR 2560, NUR 2360; Prerequisite/corequisites: MAT 1540. J spring; C spring. Institutional Course Syllabus

Students will continue to develop the National League for Nursing (NLN) Associate Degree (AD) Competencies (professional behaviors, communication, assessment, clinical decision making, caring interventions, teaching, and learning, collaborating and managing care) and Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies and the three roles of the Associate Degree (AD) nurse as provider of care and manager of care with an emphasis on the role as manager of care. Course work emphasizes individuals experiencing complex acute and chronic biophysical and mental health deviations. Using a variety of healthcare settings, students will provide safe, holistic, culturally competent patient centered care across the life span. Emphasis will be placed on the care of patients with the following health alterations: oxygenation, perfusion, sensory perception, tissue integrity, cellular regulation, and psychosocial. Prerequisites: NUR 2510, NUR 2350, NUR 2550, PSY 2510, and successful completion of BIO 2531 and 2532 with a grade of C or better; Corequisites: NUR 2560, NUR 2360; Prerequisite/corequisites: MAT 1540. J spring; C spring. Institutional Course Syllabus

As a continuation of Pathophysiology I, students will study the physiological and psychological changes that occur as a result of disease processes. Emphasis will be placed on the nursing assessment and the analysis of clinical manifestation development. Students will integrate concepts from chemistry, anatomy and physiology, and microbiology and focus on their application to clinical practice. This course focuses on the pathophysiology for clients/patients with disruptions in the following: oxygenation, perfusion, sensory-perception, cellular regulation and tissue integrity. Prerequisite: NUR 2510, NUR 2550, and NUR 2350 Part I. Institutional Course Syllabus