Level One:
Course Number 140 Clinical
Experience
Two (2) days per week are spent in adult client contact situations. The student
has supervised clinical experiences on long term care divisions and is introduced
to the practical nurse role as part of the health care team. The nursing process
and nursing procedures taught in course 162 will be practiced in the clinical
area.
Course Number 121 Mathematics for Nursing
This course is designed to review basic arithmetic skills
needed by practical nursing students in solving dosage calculations problems.
After successfully passing a Basic Mathematics test with a minimum score of 77%, the student must also successfully pass a dosage
calculation test with a minimum score of 77%.
Course Number 131 Nutrition
This course is designed to alert the student to the
central role that diet plays in the growth, development, maintenance and repair
of the body. By studying the roles of the six basic nutrients in the daily diet,
the student practical nurse will be able to make safe and economical choices
regarding foods for patients. Through discussion of the nursing process and Daily
Food Guides, the student develops a basic ability in the selection and planning
of diets necessary for normal development and maintenance of health.
Course Number 134 Human Growth and
Development
This course presents an overview of one's growth and
development throughout the life cycle. During each life stage, one's general
physical, psychosocial, and sexual development is discussed and integrated with
Erikson's developmental tasks and Freud's developmental stages. Emphasis is
placed in identifying the norms found in each phase of development. The effects
of changing environments and hereditary factors on one's development are
examined. Specific life stages are emphasized in nursing courses 434, 435, and
436.
Course Number 143 Anatomy and Physiology
I
This course is the study of the normal structure and
function of the adult body beginning at the cellular level and continuing
through the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems. The interaction between the
physical and physiological processes, and the need to maintain homeostasis are
stressed. Basic planes, positions, and directional terms are presented. The course serves as a
foundation for Anatomy and Physiology II.
Course Number 162 Introduction to Patient
Care
This is a course of correlated theory, as
well as laboratory and clinical practice, planned to present concepts basic to
clinical nursing. The course is designed to provide students with an
introduction to the practice of nursing, and to give a solid foundation of basic
knowledge and skills on which to build in subsequent courses.
Level Two:
Course Number 250
Clinical Experience
Two (2) days every week are spent in adult clients
situations. As a member of the health care team, students implement the nursing
process and practice nursing procedures taught in courses 162 and 242.
Course Number 242 Nursing Care Procedures
This course of correlated theory,
laboratory, and clinical practice is planned to present principles and therapeutic
skills of nursing care, based on the nursing process that builds on course 162.
Course Number 243 Anatomy and Physiology
II
Anatomy and Physiology II is a continuation of Anatomy and
Physiology I. The normal structure and function in the adult of the endocrine,
digestive, respiratory, cardiovascular, urinary, and reproductive systems are
presented. Anatomical and physiological processes and the need to maintain
homeostasis are continued.
Course Number 244 Pharmacology I
This course presents major classifications of
pharmacologic agents with prototype drugs in each class, as well as their
actions, uses, side effects, dosages, and nursing interventions. The nursing
process is presented as it applies to the study and administration of drugs.
Course Number 251 Medical-Surgical
Nursing I
This course is designed to assist the student in applying
the nursing process to the common health problems associated with the immune,
integumentary, musculoskeletal, respiratory, sensory, urinary, and
gastrointestinal systems. Basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology is expanded
to include the disease process, symptoms, nursing care, and treatments that are
necessary to assess and meet the needs of the medical-surgical client. An
attempt is made to correlate class presentation with the twelve weeks of planned
clinical experience in the medical-surgical areas.
Level Three:
Course Number 350 Clinical Experience
Two (2) days every week are spent in adult client contact
situations. The student has guided practice and experience with the nursing
process delivering total client care on medical-surgical divisions. Knowledge
and practice of pharmacological principles and advanced nursing skills, taught
in courses 335 and 344 are reinforced. As a member of the health care team, an
increasing awareness of ethical nursing behaviors and responsibilities evolves.
Course Number 332 Psychological Aspects
of Nursing
This course is intended to help the student provide more
holistic nursing care. The concept of nursing is seen as an interpersonal
process with an emphasis on meeting the psychological needs of the individual.
The principles of mental health are taught so that the student can gain an
understanding of the various reactions which clients have to stress, illness,
and hospitalization. Concepts of psychological development, communication, and
behavior dynamics are introduced. Specific mental disorders are presented, along
with current techniques used to treat and rehabilitate the mentally ill.
Course Number 335 Advanced Nursing
Procedures
This course is the continued study of principles and
therapeutic skills of nursing care; it correlates with clinical experience in Medical-Surgical divisions. The
focus is to teach the student to perform advanced nursing skills utilizing
scientific principles.
Course Number 344 Pharmacology II
This course is a continuation of Pharmacology 1, (#244). The
presentation of drug categories is correlated as much as possible with the
altered levels of wellness presented in Medical-Surgical Nursing. The remainder
of the course is spent reviewing pharmacology content. The student administers
medications to adult and geriatric clients under direct supervision of the
clinical instructors.
Course Number 353 Medical-Surgical Nursing II
This course is a continuation of Medical-Surgical Nursing
I, (#251), and is designed to assist the student in acquiring knowledge and
skills to carry out the nursing process in both acute and chronic health
problems associated with the gastrointestinal, neurological, endocrine,
cardiovascular, circulatory, lymphatic, and reproductive systems. This course
continues to provide knowledge of the disease process and related nursing care,
as well as diet therapy as it relates to specific health problems.
Level Four:
Course Number 480
Clinical Experience
Seven (7) days are spent in supervised client clinical
situations in geriatric, rehabilitation, obstetric, pediatric, and home care
areas. Experience in the administration of medications of further provided. As a
member of the health care team, students continue to demonstrate ethical
behaviors and to implement the nursing process while refining skills. Although
supervision continues, students are encouraged to become more independent in
carrying out the practical nurse role.
Course Number 426 Home Care/Community
Nursing
This course gives the student the opportunity to utilize
past academic and clinical knowledge, in caring for and teaching wellness
behaviors to patients in the community and from different cultures. Students are taught necessary skills
to encourage creative planning for and implementation of individualized nursing
care. Basic principles of sociology are discussed, introducing the student to
the concepts of community health nursing. The students learns to appreciate the
patient's needs after discharge into the community. Emphasis is placed on
utilization of the nursing process for stress management and crisis intervention
in community nursing. The student learns to recognize resources available for
support and assistance, and to view the client in relation to family and
society.
Course Number 422 Nursing
and Health Care Trends
This course is designed to acquaint the student with the
history, changing trends, and current issues in nursing. The role of the
practical nurse as it relates to job performance, job opportunities,
interpersonal skills, and legal and ethical responsibilities is discussed.
Course Number 434 Pediatrics
The effects of alterations in wellness in inpatient
admissions to health care facilities on children and their families is examined.
Using a body systems approach, the nursing process, well child care, and
growth and development are discussed. Nursing interventions are delineated that
include nutrition, homecare, and pharmacological therapy.
Course Number 435 Geriatric Nurisng
This course is designed to assist the student in
increasing knowledge of the aging process and its effect on the individual. The
aging process is inspected from a physical, psychosocial, and spiritual aspect,
allowing the student to identify optimum functioning in the elderly adult. The
student is taught to identify problems and benefits of healthy aging. This
course also explores the effect of illness on the older adult's total lifestyle. Utilizing the
nursing process students are taught how to administer care to the chronic and
acutely ill elderly, with special emphasis on rehabilitation, nutrition, and maintenance of health.
Students also explore the different environments of care where the elderly adult
resides. Community agencies offering aid to the aged are identified and
discussed.
Course Number 436 Obstetrical Nursing
This course focuses on the physical and psychosocial aspects
of the childbearing family. Basic concepts of reproduction and the
childbearing cycle are presented. The role of the practical nurse is presented
as it relates to caring for, supporting, and teaching the childbearing family.
The nursing process is utilized in discussing the care and treatment of the
patient and family throughout the obstetrical cycle. Nutrition is discussed as it
applies to each obstetrical stage. Common complications of these stages are
presented emphasizing the nursing interventions and pharmacological applications.
Level One Level Two
Level Three Level Four
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