Course Descriptions
NUR106 Fundamentals of Nursing
Presents concepts and skills that lay a foundation for socialization into the nursing profession. Provides opportunities to attain the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are necessary to promote health, prevent disease, and deliver basic nursing care to individual patients across the lifespan. Prerequisite: Admission to the Nursing Program; and completion of BI231 and MTH095 (or higher), each with a grade of C or better. Corequisite: BI232 (may be completed prior to enrollment).
9 Credits
NUR108 Acute and Chronic Conditions 1
Provides opportunities to obtain the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to implement the roles of a practical nurse in providing care in long term and acute care settings across the lifespan. Continuation of theoretical concepts focus on the care of individual patients with acute and chronic conditions. Prerequisite: NUR106 with a grade of C or better. W
10 Credits
NUR109 Acute and Chronic Conditions 2
Provides opportunities to obtain the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to implement the roles of a practical nurse in providing care to patients across the lifespan. Continuation of theoretical concepts focus on the care of individual patients with acute or chronic conditions. Prerequisite: NUR108 with a grade of C or better.
10 Credits
NUR150 Intro to Advanced Wound Care
Introduces the principle of advanced wound care, including assessment, development of a plan of care, and coordination of care with the health care team. Emphasizes evidence-based practices in wound care including current standards of practice. Prerequisite: Current nursing student; or current licensure as a LPN or RN.
1 Credits
NUR171 Strategies for Success in the Nursing Program
Reinforces the basic skills that are built on in the nursing curriculum. Includes a review of the Nursing program, study skills, coping strategies, testing, the nursing process, medical terminology, documentation, lab and diagnostic testing, pharmacology, and simulation. Takes a hands-on approach to learning through application of concepts within the Nursing Program. Corequisite: NUR106.
1 Credits
NUR206 Complex Health Problems
Provides the foundation for practice as an associate degree registered nurse. Builds on the curriculum of the first year of the Nursing Program and socializes students into the nursing roles at the registered nurse level of responsibility. Provides opportunities to learn and to apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are necessary to implement these roles in giving care to clients/patients. Theoretical concepts focus on the care of patients with complex physical and mental health problems. Corequisite: PSY201 (may be completed prior to enrollment). Prerequisite: NUR109 with a grade of C or better.
11 Credits
NUR208 Care in Urgent and Community Settings
Provides students with opportunities to learn and to apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to implement the roles of an associate degree registered nurse in providing care in a variety of settings. Theoretical concepts focus on the care of patients experiencing a health-related crisis such as a critical illness, an acute exacerbation of a chronic illness, or an end-stage disease. Students will also have the opportunity to gain knowledge and explore nursing practice in community-based settings. Corequisite: PSY237 (may be completed prior to enrollment). Prerequisite: NUR206 with a grade of C or better.
10 Credits
NUR209 Entry into Practice
Provides students with opportunities to demonstrate mastery of the knowledge, skills and attitudes inherent in the beginning practice roles of an associate degree registered nurse. Theoretical concepts focus on the first-level management skills necessary for providing nursing care to groups of patients in a variety of settings. As the culmination of the Nursing program clinical sequence, NUR209 incorporates a clinical preceptorship during which students demonstrate achievement of program outcomes. Corequisite: WR121Z (may be completed prior to enrollment). Prerequisite: NUR208 with a grade of C or better.
8 Credits
NUR261 Transitions to Long Term Care
Prepares nursing students and new nurses for transition into leadership roles, primarily in long term care settings. Gains knowledge and skills to successfully prepare for the responsibilities to work as a beginning LPN or RN in this setting. Prerequisite: NUR109 with a grade of C or better, or concurrent enrollment; or current licensure as a LPN or RN. Offered as needed
2 Credits
NUR272 Pathophysiology for Nurses
Applies anatomy and physiology concepts to examine alterations of human function. Explores major pathophysiological concepts using a body systems approach. Uses theories relating etiology, pathogenesis, and clinical manifestations to study common health problems. Prerequisite: BI231, BI232, and BI233; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
3 Credits
NUR280A Cooperative Work Experience
Offers placement in a business, agency, and/or industry for on-the-job training related to the student's curriculum. Prerequisite: Determined by each curriculum. Guidelines on file in the Cooperative Work Experience office and with each curriculum's CWE Instructor and Director.
1 Credits
NUR280B Cooperative Work Experience
Assist students in finding an internship/CWE at a business, or agency for on-the-job training and experience related to instruction in student’s program of study. Field experience is supervised by college instructors and work experience coordinators. See program advisors. F, W, Sp, Su
2 Credits
NUR280C Cooperative Work Experience
Assist students in finding an internship/CWE at a business, or agency for on-the-job training and experience related to instruction in student’s program of study. Field experience is supervised by college instructors and work experience coordinators. See program advisors. F, W, Sp, Su
3 Credits
NUR280D Cooperative Work Experience
Assist students in finding an internship/CWE at a business, or agency for on-the-job training and experience related to instruction in student’s program of study. Field experience is supervised by college instructors and work experience coordinators. See program advisors. F, W, Sp, Su
4 Credits
NUR280F Cooperative Work Experience
Assist students in finding an internship/CWE at a business, or agency for on-the-job training and experience related to instruction in student’s program of study. Field experience is supervised by college instructors and work experience coordinators. See program advisors. F, W, Sp, Su
6 Credits
NUR280G Cooperative Work Experience
Assist students in finding an internship/CWE at a business, or agency for on-the-job training and experience related to instruction in student’s program of study. Field experience is supervised by college instructors and work experience coordinators. See program advisors. F, W, Sp, Su
7 Credits
NUR280H Cooperative Work Experience
Assist students in finding an internship/CWE at a business, or agency for on-the-job training and experience related to instruction in student’s program of study. Field experience is supervised by college instructors and work experience coordinators. See program advisors. F, W, Sp, Su
8 Credits
NUR280I Cooperative Work Experience
Assist students in finding an internship/CWE at a business, or agency for on-the-job training and experience related to instruction in student’s program of study. Field experience is supervised by college instructors and work experience coordinators. See program advisors. F, W, Sp, Su
9 Credits
NUR280J Cooperative Work Experience
Assist students in finding an internship/CWE at a business, or agency for on-the-job training and experience related to instruction in student’s program of study. Field experience is supervised by college instructors and work experience coordinators. See program advisors. F, W, Sp, Su
10 Credits
NUR280L Cooperative Work Experience
Assist students in finding an internship/CWE at a business, or agency for on-the-job training and experience related to instruction in student’s program of study. Field experience is supervised by college instructors and work experience coordinators. See program advisors. F, W, Sp, Su
12 Credits