Nursing

Courses

NUR 101: Practical Nursing I

Program
Nursing
Credits 11 Class Hours 7 Lab Hours 6
Clinical Experience Hours
6
This course introduces the concepts within the three domains of the individual, healthcare, and nursing. Emphasis is placed on the concepts within each domain including assessment, clinical decision making, professional behaviors, caring interventions, biophysical and psychosocial concepts, communication, collaboration, teaching/learning, safety, ethical principles, legal issues, informatics, and evidence-based practice. Upon completion, students should be able to provide safe nursing care across the lifespan incorporating the concepts identified in this course.
Prerequisites

Enrollment in the Practical Nursing Program

NUR 102: Practical Nursing II

Program
Nursing
Credits 10 Class Hours 7 Lab Hours 0
Clinical Experience Hours
9
This course is designed to further develop the concepts within the three domains of the individual, nursing, and healthcare. Emphasis is placed on the concepts within each domain including clinical decision making, caring interventions, biophysical and psychosocial concepts, communication, collaboration, teaching and learning, accountability, safety, informatics, and evidence-based practice. Upon completion, students should be able to provide safe nursing care across the lifespan incorporating the concepts identified in this course.
Prerequisites

Enrollment in the Practical Nursing Program

State Prerequisite Courses
NUR 101

NUR 103: Practical Nursing III

Program
Nursing
Credits 9 Class Hours 6 Lab Hours 0
Clinical Experience Hours
9
This course is designed to assimilate the concepts within the three domains of the individual, healthcare, and nursing. Emphasis is placed on biophysical and psychosocial concepts, professional behaviors, healthcare systems, health policy, and quality improvement. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to provide safe, quality, and individualized entry level nursing care.
Prerequisites

NUR 102 and Enrollment in the Practical Nursing Program

Corequisite Courses
ACA 122
State Prerequisite Courses
NUR 101

NUR 111: Intro to Health Concepts

Program
Nursing
Credits 8 Class Hours 4 Lab Hours 6
Clinical Experience Hours
6
This course introduces the concepts within the three domains of the individual, healthcare, and nursing. Emphasis is placed on the concepts within each domain including medication administration, assessment, nutrition, ethics, interdisciplinary teams, informatics, evidence-based practice, individual-centered care, and quality improvement. Upon completion, students should be able to provide safe nursing care incorporating the concepts identified in this course.
Prerequisites

Enrollment in the Associate Degree Nursing Program

NUR 112: Health-Illness Concepts

Program
Nursing
Credits 5 Class Hours 3 Lab Hours 0
Clinical Experience Hours
6
This course is designed to further develop the concepts within the three domains of the individual, healthcare, and nursing. Emphasis is placed on the concepts of acid-base, metabolism, cellular regulation, oxygenation, infection, stress/coping, health-wellness-illness, communication, caring interventions, managing care, safety, quality improvement, and informatics. Upon completion, students should be able to provide safe nursing care incorporating the concepts identified in this course.
State Prerequisite Courses
NUR 111

NUR 113: Family Health Concepts

Program
Nursing
Credits 5 Class Hours 3 Lab Hours 0
Clinical Experience Hours
6
This course is designed to further develop the concepts within the three domains of the individual, healthcare, and nursing. Emphasis is placed on the concepts of oxygenation, sexuality, reproduction, grief/loss, mood/affect, behaviors, development, family, health-wellness-illness, communication, caring interventions, managing care, safety, and advocacy. Upon completion, students should be able to provide safe nursing care incorporating the concepts identified in this course.
State Prerequisite Courses
NUR 111

NUR 114: Holistic Health Concepts

Program
Nursing
Credits 5 Class Hours 3 Lab Hours 0
Clinical Experience Hours
6
This course is designed to further develop the concepts within the three domains of the individual, healthcare, and nursing. Emphasis is placed on the concepts of cellular regulation, perfusion, inflammation, sensory perception, stress/coping, mood/affect, cognition, self, violence, health-wellness-illness, professional behaviors, caring interventions, and safety. Upon completion, students should be able to provide safe nursing care incorporating the concepts identified in this course.
State Prerequisite Courses
NUR 111

NUR 117: Pharmacology

Program
Nursing
Credits 2 Class Hours 1 Lab Hours 3
Clinical Experience Hours
0

This course introduces information concerning sources, effects, legalities, and the safe use of medications as therapeutic agents. Emphasis is placed on nursing responsibility, accountability, pharmacokinetics, routes of medication administration, contraindications and side effects. Upon completion, students should be able to compute dosages and administer medication safely.

Prerequisites

MAT 003 or BSP 4003

NUR 211: Health Care Concepts

Program
Nursing
Credits 5 Class Hours 3 Lab Hours 0
Clinical Experience Hours
6
This course is designed to further develop the concepts within the three domains of the individual, healthcare, and nursing. Emphasis is placed on the concepts of cellular regulation, perfusion, infection, immunity, mobility, comfort, behaviors, health-wellness-illness, clinical decision-making, caring interventions, managing care, and safety. Upon completion, students should be able to provide safe nursing care incorporating the concepts identified in this course.
State Prerequisite Courses
NUR 111

NUR 212: Health System Concepts

Program
Nursing
Credits 5 Class Hours 3 Lab Hours 0
Clinical Experience Hours
6
This course is designed to further develop the concepts within the three domains of the individual, healthcare, and nursing. Emphasis is placed on the concepts of grief/loss, violence, health-wellness-illness, collaboration, managing care, safety, advocacy, legal issues, policy, healthcare systems, ethics, accountability, and evidence-based practice. Upon completion, students should be able to provide safe nursing care incorporating the concepts identified in this course.
State Prerequisite Courses
NUR 111

NUR 213: Complex Health Concepts

Program
Nursing
Credits 10 Class Hours 4 Lab Hours 3
Clinical Experience Hours
15

This course is designed to assimilate the concepts within the three domains of the individual, healthcare, and nursing. Emphasis is placed on the concepts of fluid/electrolytes, metabolism, perfusion, mobility, stress/coping, violence, health- wellness-illness, professional behaviors, caring interventions, managing care, healthcare systems, and quality improvement. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to provide quality, individualized, entry level nursing care.

Corequisite Courses
ACA 122
State Prerequisite Courses
NUR 111
State Corequisite Courses
NUR 112
NUR 113
NUR 114
NUR 211
NUR 212