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TERM 1 BIO 131 Anatomy and Physiology I Prerequisites: None Credits: 4.0 / Course Hours: 40
The class covers the organization of the body, chemistry, cell biology, body tissues, and disease, and the integumentary, skeletal, muscular and digestive systems. Major diseases are included, with an emphasis on conditions common in long term care. Students will master the fundamentals of the structure, function, and diseases of the human body.
NUR 105 RN Nursing Fundamentals I Prerequisite: None; Co-Requisite: None Credits: 5.5 / Course Hours: 85
This course introduces the student to the history of nursing, definitions and aims of nursing, nursing as a professional discipline, educational preparation for nursing practice, professional nursing organizations, guidelines for nursing practice, and current trends in nursing. This course provides the basis upon which all other nursing courses are built. This course introduces the concepts of and factors affecting cultural diversity; health and illness; health of the individual, family, and community; communication; health care delivery systems; theory, research, and evidence- b a s e d practice; values, ethics, and advocacy; and legal implications of nursing. As an action basic to nursing care, this course content includes asepsis, infection control, vital signs, health history & health assessment. As promotion of healthy physiologic responses, this course content includes hygiene practices and activity. The conceptual framework (OMEGA-7) for developing critical thinking to approach health is integrated throughout the course. The lab application content includes: nursing professionalism, hand washing, personal protective equipment (PPE), activity, body mechanics, giving a bed bath, making a bed, giving a back massage, providing oral care, clinical assessment packet elements, vital signs, health history and focused physical assessment.
MED 101 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.
PHA 101 Introduction to Pharmacology Prerequisite: None Credits: 3.0 / Course Hours: 30
This course is the first 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. This course focuses on drugs affecting the nervous system; immune system; respiratory system; and drugs that treat inflammation, pain and infection. 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. TERM 2 BIO 132 Anatomy and Physiology II Prerequisites: BIO 131 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.
NUR 106 RN Nursing Fundamentals II Prerequisite: NUR 105B; Co-Requisite: NUR 116B Credits: 5.0 / Course Hours: 70
This course is a continuation of nursing fundamentals with emphasis on theory, the nursing process, critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and reflective practice throughout the nursing process. The essentials of “OMEGA-7” provide the conceptual framework for critical thinking in approaching health and the nursing process. As actions basic to nursing care, this
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