ENG102 English Composition Prerequisite: None Credits: 4.0 / Course / Clock Hours: 40
This course is an overview of the fundamental principles of American English as it applies to composition. This class introduces students to critical thinking, reading, and writing at the college level. Organization, use of details, sentence structure and correct grammar are also stressed.
BIO132 Anatomy and Physiology II Prerequisites: BIO131 Credits: 4.0 / Course Hours: 40
The class covers nutrition and fluids, and the endocrine, urinary, respiratory, and cardiovascular systems, as well as the common disorders of those systems. Students will master the fundamentals of the structure, function, and diseases of the human body.
PHA102 Pharmacology Prerequisite: PHA101 Credits: 2.0 / Course Hours: 20
This course is the second of a two‐term series that covers clinical pharmacology and the integration of pharmacological principles into nursing practice. It includes the specifics of each drug classification, including their uses, mechanisms of action, contraindications, precautions, interactions and adverse effects. Nursing processes include assessment, monitoring, managing adverse effects, and patient education, with an emphasis on developing the clinical judgment necessary for patient care and safety.
MED101 Medical Terminology Prerequisite: None Credits: 2.0 / Clock/Course Hours: 20
The focus of this course is to study the construction of medical vocabulary from Latin and Greek roots, prefixes, and suffixes with a body system approach and using introductory descriptions of anatomy, physiology, and pathology. This course is designed to provide the students with a basic understanding of medical terms. TERM 3 NUR103 Nursing Fundamentals III Prerequisite: NUR102, NUR112, Co-requisite: NUR113 Credits: 5.5 / Course Hours: 85 This course is a continuation of the study of the nursing process with an emphasis on the theory and skills for practical nursing in the care of adult patients with cardiovascular, hematologic, immune, and respiratory disorders. The course instruction is 4 hours each week. Course content includes: respiratory care, emergency preparedness, emergency care, first aid, allergies, sensory and nervous system disorders, pain management, cancer, and human immunodeficiency virus. The essentials of “OMEGA-7” provide the conceptual framework for critical thinking in approaching health and the nursing process. The lab application content includes: specimen collection, respiratory care and oxygenation, blood products, medical/ surgical procedures, emergency care, cardiac rhythm interpretation, IV therapy techniques and IV supplies, case scenarios, communication, and documentation.
BIO133 Anatomy and Physiology III Prerequisites: BIO132 Credits: 4.0 / Course Hours: 40
The class covers the lymphatic, nervous, sensory, and reproductive systems with a supplemental unit on pain. It also covers development and birth, and genetic disease. Students will master the fundamentals of the structure, function, and diseases of the human body.
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