Courses

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The focus of this course is on the pharmacodynamics and clinical use of various classes of drugs in the health care setting with an emphasis on nursing implications.
Prereq: Nursing 225, Nursing 230, Microbiology 509. Coreq: Nursing 260.
Class Hours: 5    

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This course focuses on the pathophysiological processes throughout the lifespan. The student will gain an appreciation for the correlations between normal anatomy and physiology, cellular biology, and the processes resulting in the manifestations of disease.
Prereq: Nursing 225, Nursing 230, Microbiology 509. Coreq: Nursing 250.
Class Hours: 5    

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Introduces the student to the exploration of nursing history, its dynamic development as a profession, and its future evolution to meet the healthcare needs of a multicultural society. Emphasis is placed on essential components of a profession, the core values inherent to the discipline, and key concepts central to education, practice, and research.
Prereq: None. Coreq: Eng 110 2005-06. 5 lect. hrs.

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This course is designed to provide students in the RN-BSN Completion Program with further exploration of nursing’s theoretical foundation, its dynamic development as a profession, and its future evolution to meet the healthcare needs of a multicultural society. Emphasis is placed on the essential components of a profession; key concepts central to education, practice, and research; enhancement of communication skills as a dimension of leadership; and enhancement of the learner’s critical thinking and ethical decision making abilities.
Prereq: RN-BSN.
Class Hours: 6 hrs    

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This course is designed to enable the student to explore integrative concepts in nursing and to assist the student in transition from licensed practical nurse to registered nurse.
Prereq: LPN-BSN.
Class Hours: 4 hrs     Clinical Hours: 1 hr

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This course is the first clinical course, and introduces the primary concepts of nursing and the curriculum framework to the student.
Nursing 105, Nursing 250, Nursing 260

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This course builds upon the concepts learned in Nursing 205 as well as all previous courses. Students will learn applciation of the nursing process and skill development with more complex nursing procedures, all to be accomplished using caring, effective communication, and reamining within legal and ethical boundaries.
Nursing 105, Nursing 205

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Engages the student in exploration of theoretical foundations for the art and science of nursing. Contributions of key nursing theorists are compared and contrasted. Emphasis is placed on the application and evaluation of key nursing theories to practice, education, and research.
Prereq: Sophomore nursing status.
Class Hours: 3    

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This course focuses on the nursing care of clients experiencing psychiatric/mental health alteration. Nursing strategies for assessment and intervention with individuals, families, and groups to support health-seeking behaviors and to facilitate optimal mental health are discussed and practiced.
Prereq: Junior status.
Class Hours: 5     Clinical Hours: 3

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Provides the learner with medical-surgical nursing skills integral to the practice of professional nursing. Core content focuses on relationship-centered caring, reflective practice, evidence-based practice and the application of the nursing process to the care of the chronically ill client and the client’s family.
Prereq: Junior status.
Class Hours: 4     Clinical Hours: 3

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The course is designed to provide the learner with the knowledge and skills essential to caring for the childbearing family. The core content will be inclusive of a comprehensive (physical, emotional, developmental, spiritual, ethical, legal, socio-economic-political, and cultural) worldview perspective. The experience of the healthy childbearing family as well as the family with health alterations is the context of nursing practice.
Prereq: Junior status.
Class Hours: 4     Clinical Hours: 3

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This course, which focuses on the nursing care of children and their families, is designed to provide the learner with pediatric nursing knowledge and skills integral to the practice of professional nursing. Emphasis is placed on selected pediatric health alterations and the adjustment of the infant, child, adolescent, and family to changes in lifestyle.
Prereq: Junior status.
Class Hours: 4     Clinical Hours: 3

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Introduces the learner to the basic elements of the research process. Emphasis is on the critique and application of research findings as they relate to nursing theory and practice.
Prereq: Junior status, Statistics 135.
Class Hours: 5    

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This course is dedicated to the theoretical foundations and clinical practice of community health nursing. The course focuses on the practice of community health nursing (community-based and community-oriented nursing focused on the individual, family, or community). The student develops an understanding and application of the concepts of epidemiology, populations, levels of prevention, health promotion, and health care systems to evaluate programs and community resources with a focus on vulnerable populations.
Prereq: Senior status.
Class Hours: 4     Clinical Hours: 3

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An introduction of basic nurisng principles, practices and functions related to the health and illness needs of the older adult in today\\\'s society.
Junior nursing status

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This cours is designed to provide the learner with critial care nursing skills integral to the practice of professional nursing.

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Management and leadership concepts, analysis of healthcare delivery systems, and role transition are presented in this course.
Prereq: Senior status.
Class Hours: 4    

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The student applies theoretical foundations of management and leadership in the clinical setting. The clinical experience allows students to synthesize knowledge from all previous courses within the college to develop a safe and competent nursing practice within a holistic caring perspective.
Prereq: Senior status.
Clinical Hours: 4

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This course covers a plethora of emerging issues that impact the practice of the nursing profession. This dynamic course explores such issues as genetics, world health, reral healthcare, and gerontology.
Nursing 310,320,330,340,350

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This course provides the RN-BSN student the opportunity to investigate a selected topic that is of personal interest and that has relevance to nursing.
Prereq: RN-BSN.
Clinical Hours: 3

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The basics of human anatomy supplemented by computer-assisted instruction and demonstration of human material.
Prereq: Health Sciences students in CED and ASC.

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Comparative survey of tribal and peasant peoples in the several world culture regions; culture concepts; study of selected topics.
Prereq: None. Not open to students with credit for 210.

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Basic principles of biology: topics include nature of science, organismal diversity, evolution, ecology, genetics, reproduction, cell structure and function.
Prereq: Math 075 or 076 or 104 or Math Placement Level R. Not open to students with credit for 113 or H115, or Entomol 1010, or Plnt Bio101. The course is available for EM credit.

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Introductory general chemistry for non-science majors, including dimensional analysis, atomic structure, bonding, chemical reactions, states of matter, solutions, chemical equilibrium, and acids and bases.
Prereq: Eligibility to enroll in Math 116. Not open to students with credit for 121, H201, or 204. This course is available for EM credit. Safety glasses must be worn in lab.

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Introductory organic and biological chemistry, including saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons, alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, amines, stereoisomerisms, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids.
Prereq: 101. This course is available for EM credit. Safety glasses must be worn in lab.

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This is an introductory course in public speaking and critical thinking. Topics include how to: analyze and organize information for oral presentations, develop ideas and support claims, and practice in delivery skills. Speaking assignments will focus on communication situations and topics drawn from business, politics, community and social affairs.

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Practice in the fundamentals of expository writing, as illustrated in the student’s own writing and in the essays of professional writers.
Prereq: None, except when testing determines 052, 053, 106, 107, 108.01, 109.02 or 110W to be required. Not open to students with credit for English composition courses numbered 110, 110C, 110L, 110W, H110, 111, H111, or H167.

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A survey of human nerves and nervous system, sense organs, muscle function, circulation, respiration, digestion, metabolism, kidney function, and reproduction.
Prereq: 5 credit hours in general biology or general chemistry; Biology 102 or 113 recommended. Not open to students with credit for Zoology 232.

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Nutrient and food energy needs of the human biological system throughout the life cycle with consideration of socio-psychological factors.
Prereq: Biology 101, 110, 113 or equiv. Chem 101 or 121 and Chem 102 or 122. This course is available for EM credit.

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Provides an understanding of microorganisms and their interaction with the human experience.
Prereq: Biology 101 or 110 or 113 or H115 or Zoology 201.

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The nature of right and wrong, good and evil; the grounds of moral choice and decision; the resolution of moral conflicts.
Prereq: None.

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A survey of developmental psychology including some phylogenetic perspective.

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Fundamental concepts of sociology and an introduction to the analysis of social problems.
Prereq: None. Not open to students with credit for 201 or equiv. or Rural Soc. 105 or equiv.

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Introduction to probability and statistics, experiments, and sampling, data analysis, and interpretation.
Prereq: Math 050 or Math Placement Level S. Not open to students with credit for any of the following: 125, 145, 245, Econ 442, Ed-T&P 786, MolGen 650, PolitSc 685, Psych 220 or 510, or Soc Work 570 or 571.

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Topics include probability, descriptive statistics, correlation, regression, design of experiments, sampling, estimation, and testing; emphasis on applications, statistical reasoning, and data analysis using statistical software.
Prereq: Math 116 or 130 or 148 or equiv.