Course Descriptions

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NUR 101 - Practical Nursing I

Course Component	Details
Course Details
Lecture:	07
Lab:	06
Clinical:	06
Credit:	11
Components:	None
Prerequisites:	Departmental Approval
Corequisites:	Take BIO-163 or BIO-168
Course Description:
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.

NUR 102 - Practical Nursing II

Course Component	Details
Course Details
Lecture:	07
Lab:	00
Clinical:	09
Credit:	10
Components:
Prerequisites:	Take BIO-163 and NUR-101
Corequisites:	None
Course Description:
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.

NUR 103 - Practical Nursing III

Course Component	Details
Course Details
Lecture:	06
Lab:	00
Clinical:	09
Credit:	09
Components:
Prerequisites:	Take ENG-111 and NUR-101
Corequisites:	None
Course Description:
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.

NUR 111 - Intro to Health Concepts

Course Component	Details
Course Details
Lecture:	04
Lab:	06
Clinical:	06
Credit:	08
Components:	None
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	Take BIO 168
Course Description:
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.

NUR 112 - Health-Illness Concepts

Course Component	Details
Course Details
Lecture:	03
Lab:	00
Clinical:	06
Credit:	05
Components:	None
Prerequisites:	Take NUR 111 and NUR 117
Corequisites:	Take BIO-169
Course Description:
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.

NUR 113 - Family Health Concepts

Course Component	Details
Course Details
Lecture:	03
Lab:	00
Clinical:	06
Credit:	05
Components:	None
Prerequisites:	Take NUR-111
Corequisites:	Take PSY-150
Course Description:
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.

NUR 114 - Holistic Health Concepts

Course Component	Details
Course Details
Lecture:	03
Lab:	00
Clinical:	06
Credit:	05
Components:	None
Prerequisites:	Take NUR 111
Corequisites:	None
Course Description:
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.

NUR 117 - Pharmacology

Course Component	Details
Course Details
Lecture:	01
Lab:	03
Clinical:	00
Credit:	02
Components:
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	Take NUR-111
Course Description:
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.

NUR 211 - Health Care Concepts

Course Component	Details
Course Details
Lecture:	03
Lab:	00
Clinical:	06
Credit:	05
Components:	None
Prerequisites:	Take NUR-111, NUR-112, NUR-113, NUR-114, and NUR-117
Corequisites:	Take NUR-212 and PSY-241;
Course Description:
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.

NUR 212 - Health System Concepts

Course Component	Details
Course Details
Lecture:	03
Lab:	00
Clinical:	06
Credit:	05
Components:	None
Prerequisites:	Take NUR-111, NUR-112, NUR-113, NUR-114, and NUR-117
Corequisites:	Take NUR-211 and PSY-241
Course Description:
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.

NUR 213 - Complex Health Concepts

Course Component	Details
Course Details
Lecture:	04
Lab:	03
Clinical:	15
Credit:	10
Components:	None
Prerequisites:	Take NUR 111, NUR 112, NUR 113, NUR 114, NUR 211, and NUR 212
Corequisites:	Take ENG-112 or ENG-114
Course Description:
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.