Nursing, Associate Degree Nursing- RN (ADN)

This course introduces the student to pharmacologic nursing practice using a conceptual approach. Emphasis is placed on drug classifications, prototypes, actions, interactions, adverse effects, and nursing implications. Curricular concepts related to pharmacological modalities are applied in lecture and laboratory settings. The nursing process and clinical judgment are the basis for understanding the role of the nurse in administering medications. Upon completion of the course, students will apply pharmacological principles and interventions to provide safe and effective nursing care.

The course is an introduction to the basic concepts of the Self-Care Theory of Nursing by Dorothea Orem. Included are the basic knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to meet or to assist in meeting the universal self-care requisites of the hospitalized adult. Also included are the fundamental concepts upon which subsequent courses in the nursing program are built.

This course is an introduction to deviations in health of the adult client. It emphasizes the health deviation self-care requisites of intake of air, intake of water, balance of activity and rest. Collaborative problems are added to previously learned information about the nursing process; as well as medication administration, oral and injected. The course places an emphasis on teaching safety and communication for the hospitalized patient.

This course introduces the nursing student to foundational concepts across the lifespan. Principles of safety, care competencies, health care infrastructure, attributes and roles are included. The application of concepts through clinical skills are experienced through seminar, lab and clinical settings. Upon completion, students will provide safe nursing care incorporating identified concepts.

This course introduces the nursing student to the attributes of the health care participant as an individual, a family, and a community. Curricular concepts are applied in seminar, lab, and clinical settings. Upon completion, students will provide safe nursing care incorporating the concepts of elimination, nutrition, mobility, perfusion, oxygenation, comfort, cognition, glucose regulation, infection, and tissue integrity.

This course focuses on health and illness concepts for care of individuals with common acute or chronic conditions. Emphasis is placed on concepts including homeostasis and regulation, protection and movement, oxygenation and hemostasis. Professional nursing concepts include professional attributes and care competencies. Curricular concepts are applied in seminar, lab and clinical settings. Upon completion, students will provide safe nursing care incorporating the identified concepts.

The course focuses on health and illness concepts for care of individuals with complex acute or chronic health conditions. Emphasis is placed on concepts including oxygenation, homeostasis and regulation, protection and movement, and coping. Professional nursing concepts include selected professional attributes and care competencies. Curricular concepts are applied in seminar, lab and clinical settings. The laboratory portion includes both on-campus laboratory practice and application of course concepts in the live nursing situation.

This course continues the study of pharmacology from a conceptual approach as it relates to nursing management of drug therapy. Emphasis is placed on the drug classifications, prototypes, actions, interactions, adverse effects, and nursing implications. Complex curricular concepts, related to pharmacological modalities, are applied in seminar settings. Students are encouraged to utilize the nursing process and clinical reasoning while engaging with these curricular concepts. Upon completion of the course, students will apply pharmacological principles and interventions to provide safe and effective nursing care.

This course is designed to prepare advanced placement licensed vocational nursing students for second level Registered Nursing content. The major foci are Orem's Self Care Theory of Nursing and the application of the nursing process as a second level practitioner.

This course focuses on maternal and newborn health concepts. Emphasis is placed on reproduction and sexuality, emotion, homeostasis and regulation. Curricular concepts are applied in seminar, lab and clinical settings. Upon completion, students will provide safe nursing care incorporating the concepts identified in this course.

This course focuses on pediatrics health concepts. Emphasis is placed on attributes and resources; homeostasis and regulation. Curricular concepts are applied in the seminar, lab, and clinical setting. Upon completion, students will provide safe nursing care incorporating the concepts identified in the course.

This course focuses on mental health concepts across the lifespan. Concepts emphasized include coping and stress tolerance, emotion, cognitive function, and maladaptive behavior. Curricular concepts are applied in lecture, lab and clinical settings. Upon completion, students will provide safe nursing care incorporating the concepts identified.

This course focuses on health and illness concepts for care of individuals with multisystem and emergent health conditions. Emphasis is placed on concepts including acid-base balance, infection, intracranial regulation, perfusion, oxygenation, tissue integrity, clinical judgement, and evidence-based practice. Professional nursing concepts include selected professional attributes such as clinical judgment, communication, collaboration, health promotion, safety, technology and informatics. Curricular concepts are applied in seminar, lab and clinical settings.

This course focuses on the theory and clinical application of the Nursing Process and Clinical Judgment model when providing care for patients across the lifespan. This course facilitates the transition from student nurse to graduate nurse. The student participates as a preceptee or mentee/member of the healthcare team and assumes responsibility for a group of patients under the supervision of a clinical teaching assistant and faculty. Course content includes professional nursing and healthcare concepts. By the end of this course, the student is expected to function satisfactorily within the Nurse of the Future Competencies.

This course allows self-paced, individualized instruction in basic bedside nursing skills and advanced nursing skills with supervised practice to improve performance and is designed for students in the Associate Degree Nursing program, students approved for re-entry, individuals who are currently licensed as LVNs and foreign graduate nurses.

Formerly ADN 201AD. This course allows self-paced, individualized instruction in first semester basic bedside nursing skills with supervised practice to improve performance.

Formerly ADN 202AD. This course allows self-paced, individualized instruction in second semester medical and surgical nursing skills with supervised practice to improve performance. This course builds on skills practiced in ADN 201.

This laboratory course allows self-paced, individualized instruction in maternal-child and mental health nursing skills with supervised practice to improve performance. This laboratory builds on skills practiced in ADN 202. It is designed for students in the RN program, students approved for re-entry, individuals who are currently licensed as LVNs and/or foreign graduate nurses.

This course allows self-paced, individualized instruction in advanced medical-surgical, critical care and pediatric nursing skills with supervised practice to improve performance. This course is designed for students in the RN program, students approved for re-entry, individuals who are currently licensed as LVNs and/or foreign graduate nurses.

This is an introductory course into the study and management of commonly prescribed drugs. Drug classifications and prototypes are discussed rather than individual medication. The principles of medication administration including common side-effects and nursing responsibilities is included. Dosage calculation is not included. This course is not open for credit to students who have completed VN 225. ADN 225 and VN 225 are equivalent courses.

This course is designed to prepare the graduate nurse to pass the NCLEX-RN. The content includes medical, surgical, pediatrics, nursing of the child-bearing family, mental health, pharmacology, critical thinking, community health and leadership refresher course.

This is a noncredit course designed to facilitate students' learning of nursing theory and skills. It will enhance academic success and skill attainment in the nursing programs. This course will provide one-to-one and small group tutoring for students who require additional support learning the concepts of nursing.

This course is designed to provide students with individual and small-group instruction in basic bedside nursing skills and advanced bedside nursing skills. Supervised practice is available on a recurring, as needed, and/or drop-in basis to improve performance levels.

This course is designed for a pre-nursing student. The course supports the pre-nursing student in: the development of effective study habits, test-taking strategies, nursing terms, abbreviations and symbols used in health care, and knowledge of the nursing profession.