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Course Descriptions
NRS222 Foundations of Nursing in Acute Care II
and End-of-Life
9 credits (4 lec, 9 lab, 4 lec-lab hrs/wk)
This course builds on Nursing in Acute Care I, focusing
more on complex and/or unstable patient care situations,
some of which require strong recognitional skills rapid
decision-making, and some of which may result in
death. The evidence base supporting appropriate
focused assessments, and effective, efficient nursing
interventions is explored. Lifespan factors, cultural
variables, and legal aspects of care frame the ethical
decision-making employed in patient choices for
treatment or palliative care within the acute care setting.
Case scenarios incorporate prioritizing care needs,
delegation and supervision, family and patient teaching
for discharge planning. Exemplars include acute
psychiatric disorders as well as acute conditions affecting
multiple body systems. Includes classroom and clinical
learning experiences.
Prerequisite: NRS112, NRS231 and NRS233 with a “C”
or better.
NRS224 Scope of Practice and Preceptorship for
AAS Completion
9 credits (4 lec, 15 lab, hrs/wk)
This course is designed to formalize the clinical
judgments, knowledge and skills necessary in safe,
registered nurse practice. The preceptorship model
provides a context that allows the student to
experience the nursing work world in a selected
setting, balancing the demands of job and lifelong
learner. Faculty/preceptor/student analysis and
reflection throughout the experience provide the student
with evaluative criteria against which they can judge
their own performance and develop a practice
framework. Includes seminar, self-directed study and
clinical experience. Required for AAS and eligibility for
RN Licensure.
Prerequisite: NRS221 with a “C” or better.
NRS230 Clinical Pharmacology I
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This is the first course in a two course sequence. This
course introduces the theoretical background that
enables students to provide safe and effective care
related to drugs and natural products to persons
throughout the lifespan. Students will learn to make
selected clinical decisions regarding using current,
reliable sources of information, monitoring and evaluating
the effectiveness of drug therapy, teaching persons from
diverse populations regarding safe and effective use of
drugs and natural products, intervening to increase
therapeutic benefits and reduce potential negative
effects, and communicating appropriately with other
health professionals regarding drug therapy. Drugs are
studied by therapeutic or pharmacological class using an
organized framework.
Prerequisite: NRS110 with a “C” or better.
Concurrent: NRS111 and NRS232.
NRS231 Clinical Pharmacology II
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This is the second course in the pharmacology
sequence. Clinical Pharmacology II continues to provide
the theoretical background that enables students to
provide safe and effective care related to drugs and
natural products to persons throughout the lifespan.
Students will learn to make selected clinical decisions
regarding using current, reliable sources of information,
monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of drug
therapy, teaching persons from diverse populations
regarding safe and effective use of drugs and natural
products, intervening to increase therapeutic benefits and
reduce potential negative effects, and communicating
appropriately with other health professionals regarding
drug therapy. The course addresses additional classes of
drugs and related natural products not contained in
Clinical Pharmacology
This course starts with drugs related to the renal
system and includes drug name, drug intended actions,
side effects, drug interactions, and nursing management,
including teaching plans for clients. A review of anatomy
and physiology for each system is also included.
The course covers related nursing diagnoses and
collaborative nursing problems. Other drugs included
are hypertensives, hyperlipidemias, diuretics, and
vasodilators. The respiratory system starts with drugs
related to the nasal passage mucous membranes down
through the lungs. Drugs for asthma and other COPD
diseases, GI system (upper and lower) diseases and
problems, endocrine system drugs including the
pancreas, endocrine and exocrine glands. Diabetes
Mellitus drug therapy and treatments are covered
extensively. The immune system in relation to the
inflammatory response and drugs that effect the
response, are explored such as immunosuppressives.
The last major system covered is the immune system
as it relates to the various forms of cancer and
subsequent infections. Antitubercular and antival drugs
are also covered.
Prerequisite: NRS111, NRS230, NRS232 with a “C”
or better.
Concurrent: NRS112 and NRS233.
NRS232 Pathophysiological Processes I
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This course introduces pathophysiological processes
that contribute to many different disease states across
the lifespan and human responses to those processes.
Students will learn to make selective clinical decisions
regarding using current, reliable sources of
pathophysiology information, selecting and interpreting
focused assessments based on knowledge of
pathophysiological processes, teaching persons from
diverse populations regarding pathophysiological
processes, and communicating with other health
professionals regarding pathophysiological processes.
Prerequisite: NRS110 with a “C” or better.
Concurrent: NRS111 and NRS230.
Southwestern Oregon Community College 2006-07 Catalog www.socc.edu Course Descriptions 192