Nursing (NUR)

NUR-101  Practical Nursing I  11 (Credits)  
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.
Class: 7  Lab: 6  Clinical: 0  Work: 0  
NUR-102  Practical Nursing II  10 (Credits)  
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.
Class: 7  Lab: 0  Clinical: 0  Work: 0  
State Prerequisite(s): NUR-101
NUR-103  Practical Nursing III  9 (Credits)  
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.
Class: 6  Lab: 0  Clinical: 0  Work: 0  
State Prerequisite(s): NUR-101
NUR-111  Introduction to Health Concepts  8 (Credits)  
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.
Class: 4  Lab: 6  Clinical: 0  Work: 0  
NUR-112  Health-Illness Concepts  5 (Credits)  
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.
Class: 3  Lab: 0  Clinical: 0  Work: 0  
State Prerequisite(s): NUR-111
NUR-113  Family Health Concepts  5 (Credits)  
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.
Class: 3  Lab: 0  Clinical: 0  Work: 0  
State Prerequisite(s): NUR-111
NUR-114  Holistic Health Concepts  5 (Credits)  
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.
Class: 3  Lab: 0  Clinical: 0  Work: 0  
State Prerequisite(s): NUR-111
NUR-117  Pharmacology  2 (Credits)  
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.
Class: 1  Lab: 3  Clinical: 0  Work: 0  
NUR-211  Health Care Concepts  5 (Credits)  
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.
Class: 3  Lab: 0  Clinical: 0  Work: 0  
State Prerequisite(s): NUR-111
NUR-212  Health System Concepts  5 (Credits)  
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
Class: 3  Lab: 0  Clinical: 0  Work: 0  
State Prerequisite(s): NUR-111
NUR-213  Complex Health Concepts  10 (Credits)  
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.
Class: 4  Lab: 3  Clinical: 0  Work: 0  
State Prerequisite(s): NUR-111
State Corequisite(s): NUR-112, NUR-113, NUR-114, NUR-211 and NUR-212