Sumner College Catalog

SUMNER COLLEGE ADDENDUM course content includes complementary and integrative health; medication administration; documenting & reporting. As promoting healthy physiologic responses, this course content includes skin integrity; wound care; rest/sleep; comfort & pain management; nutrition; urinary & bowel elimination. The lab application content includes wound assessment and care; capillary blood glucose testing (CBG); nasogastric tube insertion/removal/maintenance; tube feedings; use of bedpan & urinal; external condom catheter; male/female urinary catheter insertion/removal/maintenance; enema; ostomy appliance care; dosage calculations and medication administration.

NUR 116 RN Clinical Nursing I Prerequisites: NUR 105, Co-Requisite: NUR 106 Credits: 2.0 / Course Hours: 60

This clinical course introduces the novice nurse to the clinical setting; supports NUR 106; and teaches the nursing skills and procedures for: infection control, vital signs, health and physical assessment, safe medication administration, skin and wound care, and related disorders. Students will participate in supervised pre‐clinical simulated experiences and remediation in a formal patient care setting. The essentials of OMEGA‐7 provide the conceptual framework for critical thinking in approaching healthcare and the nursing process. On‐site clinical instruction, supervision, evaluation, and placement will be the responsibility of the qualified college nursing faculty.

ENG 102 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.

PHA 102 Pharmacology Prerequisite: PHA 101 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. TERM 3 BIO 133 Anatomy and Physiology III

Prerequisites: Bio 131, BIO 132 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.

NUA 120 IV Therapy Fundamentals Prerequisite: None Credits: 3 / Course Hours: 40

This course provides nursing concepts for providing safe intravenous (IV) therapy, including entry-level skills such as IV preparation, monitoring, and maintenance, IV initiation and discontinuation, and administration of IV medications. The essentials of “OMEGA-7” provides the conceptual framework for critical thinking in approaching health and the nursing process. The lab application will provide practice of the IV skills and procedures.

NUR 107 RN Nursing Fundamentals III Prerequisites: NUR 106, PHA 102; Co-Requisite: NUR 117 Credits: 5.0 / Course Hours: 70

This course builds upon NUR 106 with additional theory of nursing practice and skills. This course provides an introduction to promoting health across the life span, especially developmental concepts, conception through young adult, and the aging adult. As actions basic to nursing care, this course content includes leading, managing & delegating; safety, security,

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