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MUSC 1621 - Community Choir 0/2 (1)
This course provides a variety of choral experiences to community
members – as well as college students – who are interested in singing.
This course may be repeated for up to four credit hours.
MUSC 1641 - Music Performance & Ensemble 0/2 (1)
Prerequisite: Audition and acceptance into course. Students in
this course will pursue excellence in music through the collaborative
pursuit of musical expression. Students from all academic
disciplines are welcome. Each student must exhibit dedication to
the course’s objectives through exemplary attendance, discipline,
and proper instrumental techniques. This course will be offered
at Olivet Nazarene University.
Nursing
ASSOCIATE DEGREE (Registered Nursing)
Students in the Associate Degree Nursing program are advised
to consult the Code of Campus Affairs and Regulations,
section 11.4, Page 173. This regulation concerns completion
of all RNUR and BIOL courses in the Associate Degree Nursing
curriculum with a grade of C or better.
RNUR 1106 - Introduction to Nursing 3.5/5 (6)
Prerequisites: Admission to the Associate Degree Nursing program
and BIOL 2644 (may be taken concurrently). The student
will acquire knowledge fundamental to the development of basic
skills and attitudes necessary to meet the nursing needs common
to man. Students will identify and analyze nursing principles
derived from scientific concepts of client care. Concurrent with
this theoretical framework, clinical experience which will allow
the student to identify and practice safe individualized care is
obtained in community facilities. Each student in this course
must have a physical exam, criminal background check without
any disqualifying convictions and a negative drug screen.
RNUR 1129 - Nursing – Adult & Child I 5/8 (9)
Prerequisites: RNUR 1106, RNUR 1451 and both BIOL 2644
and BIOL 2654 (BIOL 2654 may be taken concurrently). The
student will study nursing care problems of clients of all ages
based on normal needs of people and on deviations which affect
these needs in times of illness, injury, or surgical intervention.
Concurrent clinical experience provides the opportunity for
the student to develop appropriate skills in assessing, planning,
implementing, and evaluating care of clients in medical/surgical
settings.
RNUR 1144 - Transition for LPNs 3.5/1 (4)
Prerequisites: ENGL 1613, PSYC 1813, BIOL 2644, BIOL
2654, BIOL 2714, graduation from a practical nursing program,
practical nursing pharmacology course, and acceptance to the
Associate Degree Nursing program. This course provides the
theory and practice for practical nurses who desire entry into the
second year of the Associate Degree Nursing program. Course
concepts included are those in the first year of the Associate
Degree Nursing Program which are not traditionally included
in LPN education. This course combines classroom and clinical
instruction. Each student in this course must have a physical
exam, criminal background check without any disqualifying
convictions and a negative drug screen.
RNUR 1451 - Nursing Seminar I 1/0 (1)
Prerequisites: Admission to the Associate Degree Nursing program
and ENGL 1613 (may be taken concurrently). This course
is taken the first semester of the program. It provides an introduction
to historical developments in nursing, the conceptual
framework and philosophy of the nursing program, the existence
of illness, and unifying concepts basic to nursing practice.
RNUR 1461 - Nursing Seminar II 1/0 (1)
Prerequisite: RNUR 1106 and RNUR 1451. This course is
taken second semester of the program. It is designed to present
an understanding of nursing in the community and develop a
recognition of the needs and methods available for health care.
RNUR 2119 - Nursing – Adult & Child II 5/8 (9)
Prerequisites: RNUR 1129, RNUR 1461, PSYC 1813, and BIOL
2714. The student will continue to study nursing care problems
of clients of all ages based on normal needs of people and on
deviations which affect these needs in times of illness, injury, or
surgical intervention. The student also will learn nursing care
concepts and principles of client care focusing on the maternity
cycle and care of the newborn or care of the pediatric client.
Concurrent clinical experience provides the opportunity for the
student to continue to develop appropriate skills in assessing,
planning, implementing, and evaluating care of clients in medical/surgical
and maternal/child settings.
RNUR 2124 - Nursing – Adult & Child III 2/4 (4)
Prerequisites: RNUR 1129 and RNUR 1461. This course is
designed to present theories and concepts which deal with clients
presenting problems relating to psychosocial adjustments,
emotional stress, and behavioral dysfunction. Concurrent clinical
experience provides the opportunity for the student to utilize the
nursing process with increasing independence.
RNUR 2137 - Nursing – Adult & Child IV 3/8 (7)
Prerequisites: RNUR 2119, RNUR 2451, and RNUR 2443. The
course is composed of two medical-surgical nursing rotations.
Advanced medical-surgical concepts are explored in the classroom
setting. Concurrent clinical experiences focus on enabling the
beginning graduate nurse to utilize the nursing process in managing
and administering safe, individualized nursing care.
RNUR 2443 - Concepts of Clinical
Pharmacology 3/0 (3)
Prerequisites: RNUR 1129 or RN license. Utilizing a nursing
process approach, the student will identify fundamental
pharmacological principles and develop a theoretical base for the
skills involved in administration of medications. Fundamentals
of pharmacology, including history of drug administration,
legal controls, how medications work in the human body, and
principles of drug interactions will be identified. Classifications
of drugs will be studied to give the student knowledge of
actions, interactions, adverse effects, contraindications, dosages,
routes, and nursing implications. The steps of the nursing process
are utilized in safe medication administration.
RNUR 2451 - Nursing Seminar III 1/0 (1)
Prerequisites: RNUR 1129 and RNUR 1461. This course is
taken during the third semester of the program. It provides
an introduction to legal aspects of nursing and ethical issues
involved in nursing.
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