Nursing
NUR 101 Nursing Fundamentals (4-15) 9 hrs.
Introduces the student to the nursing process and the roles as member of the discipline of
nursing and provider of care. Emphasizes assessment and intervention in caring for adult
clients. Provides theory and practice in assisting clients to meet basic needs.
Prerequisite:
Admission into the Nursing program.
Corequisite:
BIO 160, NUR 120 and PSY 101.
NUR 102 Nursing Care of Clients with Commonly Occurring Health Needs
(4-15) 9 hrs.
Focuses on utilization of the full nursing process in providing care for adults, children,
childbearing women and infants. Introduces a framework for ethical decision making to
expand the role as member of the discipline. Continues emphasis on basic needs and
examines common problems causing health interferences.
Prerequisite:
BIO 160, NUR 101, NUR 120 and PSY 101 with grades
of "C" or better.
Corequisite:
BIO 161, PSY 228, computer elective.
NUR 104 Nursing Field Experience (0-12) 4 hrs.
Utilizes the nursing process to provide care for clients with commonly occurring
problems causing health interferences. Provides opportunity for supervised experience as
a member of the nursing care team in the acute care setting, assuming the role and
responsibilities of the practical nurse.
Prerequisite:
BIO 161, NUR 102, PSY 228, and computer elective with
grades of "C" or better.
NUR 120 Pharmacology (2-0) 2 hrs.
Examines the mechanism of action of the major medication groups as it relates to the
physiology and pathology of disease. Identifies examples in each major pharmacological
category in order to understand pharmacological activity within each group. Addresses
areas of drug action, clinical application and adverse events for each medication
discussed.
NUR 201 Advanced Nursing I (6-12) 10 hrs.
Expands utilization of the nursing process, including teaching and discharge planning,
with clients in acute and community settings. Introduces the role of the nurse as manager
of care. Provides opportunity to care for clients of all ages with more complex
interferences, including chronic illness and complications of child-bearing. Examines
related legal and ethical issues.
Prerequisite:
BIO 161, NUR 102, PSY 228 and computer elective with
grades of "C" or better.
Corequisite:
BIO 130 and ENG 101.
NUR 202 Advanced Nursing II (5-15) 10 hrs.
Focuses on the nurse as the manager of care. Provides opportunity to utilize the nursing
process in caring for groups of clients with multisystem interferences in the psychiatric,
acute, and long term care settings. Emphasizes responsibilities of members of the
discipline of nursing.
Prerequisites: BIO 130, ENG 101, NUR 201 with grades of "C" or better.
Corequisite:
ENG 102 and SOC 101.
NUR 210 Physical Assessment (.5-1.5) 1 hr.
Provides theory and demonstration of skills required for basic, systematic physical
assessment. Includes content and practical experience in interviewing and obtaining a
health history and the skills of inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation as they
are utilized in the routine client assessments performed by the registered nurse. Focuses
on the assessment of normal findings and the description of deviations from normal.
Requires the synthesis of previously learned knowledge of anatomy, physiology,
communication and assessment.
Prerequisites: BIO 102, NUR 102, PSY 228 and computer elective with grades of "C" or
better, or consent of instructor.
