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Medical Coding (MCO)
MCO 121 Medical Diagnosis (ICD-9) Coding
3 Credits (3 Lecture 0 Lab 0 Shop)
3 Hrs/Wk (3 Hrs. Lecture) *15 wks
This course covers ICD-9-CM diagnostic coding.
This course will facilitate coding knowledge
and enhance coding skills by addressing
specifi c coding issues within particular areas.
Medical coding is defi ned as the translation of
diagnoses, procedures, services, and supplies
into numeric and/or alphanumeric components
for statistical reporting and reimbursement purposes.
Prerequisite: MET 111 & MEA 210.
MCO 125 Medical Procedure Coding
3 Credits (3 Lecture 0 Lab 0 Shop)
3 Hrs/Wk (3 Hrs. Lecture) *15 wks
This course covers CPT-4 Procedural cod ing.
This course will facilitate coding knowl edge and
enhance coding skills by addressing specific
coding issues within particular areas. CPT 4
coding is a system atic listing and coding of procedures
and services performed by physicians.
Each procedure or service is identified with
a fi ve digit code. With this coding course, the
procedure or service rendered by the physi cian
is accurately identifi ed. This course will also include
HCPSC injectable drugs, ambulance services,
prosthetic devices and selected provider
services. Prerequi site: MET 111 and 210.
Medical Transcription (MET)
MET 101 Medical Transcription I
4 Credits (4 Lecture 0 Lab 0 Shop) 4 Hrs/Wk (4
Hrs. Lecture) *15 wks
This is an entry level transcription course designed
to introduce students to basic transcription
technology. The student will become familiar
with applying medical ter minology through the
use of tapes in the computer lab. Prerequisite:
MET 111, BCA 101 or instructor permission. Corequi
site: MET 150.
MET 102 Medical Transcription II
4 Credits (4 Lecture 0 Lab 0 Shop)
4 Hrs/Wk (4 Hrs. Lecture) *15 wks
This course will familiarize students with the
various resources available to the med ical transcriptionist
including chart struc tures and styles,
available technology, and the business perspective
of the transcrip tion industry. This course will
also focus on medical transcription specialties
such as those used by an emergency department,
operating room, psychiatry, neurology,
orthopedics, ophthalmology, etc. Prerequi site:
MET 101; Co-requisite: MET 151 or instructor
permission.
MET 111 Medical Terminology
3 Credits (3 Lecture 0 Lab 0 Shop)
3 Hrs/Wk (3 Hrs. Lecture) *15 wks
This is an entry level medical terminology course
designed to introduce the student to terms and
language commonly found in the medical and
health care professions. The student builds vocabulary
through the study of word structure by
learning prefixes, suf fixes and root words.
MET 150 Medical Specialties I
3 Credits (3 Lecture 0 Lab 0 Shop)
3 Hrs/Wk (3 Hrs. Lecture) *15 wks
This course will prepare the student for the role
transition from the classroom to the practicum
setting of Medical Specialties II. The focus will
be on the pathophysiology of disease, pharmacology,
and understanding the various settings
in which medical tran scription is used. Prerequisite:
MET 111.
MET 151 Medical Specialties II
3 Credits (3 Lecture 0 Lab 0 Shop) 3 Hrs/Wk (3
Hrs. Lecture) *15 wks
This course will complete those systems for pathophysiology
of disease not covered in MET 150
(Medical Specialties I). This course will require a
term paper on psychiatric termi nology, pathophysiology
and procedure. There will be an introduction
to the types of settings where medical transcriptionists
are employed. Site visits will be arranged
as available. Prerequisite: MET 150.
Music (MUS)
MUS 101 Music Appreciation and History
3 Credits (3 Lecture 0 Lab 0 Shop)
3 Hrs/Wk (3 Hrs. Lecture) *15 wks
Music Appreciate and History is a one-semester
survey of the Western music tra dition, from the
chant of the Middle Ages to the art music of this
century. It includes study of the major composers,
genres, and forms of each period. An understanding
of musical style through repeated
listening is a primary goal of the class.
MUS 111 Listening to Jazz
3 Credits (3 Lecture 0 Lab 0 Shop)
3 Hrs/Wk (3 Hrs Lecture) *15 wks
In this course the student will be able to demonstrate
an understanding of the following concepts:
The correct terms and usage to describe
the fundamental musical elements of jazz, the
origins of jazz and the characteristics of key stylistic
periods from the music’s inception until the
present, the seminal artists and their important
contributions.
The students will be able to demonstrate the
ability to: aurally recognize key historical styles
of jazz, aurally recognize seminal jazz artists
and corresponding masterworks as studied during
the course of the semester, and write and
speak coherently about jazz, using appropriate,
basic terminology.
Nursing (NUR)
NUR 112 Foundations of Nursing/Nursing
Care of Adults
9 Credits (5 Lecture 0 Lab 4 Clinical)
17 Hours/Week (5 Hrs. Lecture 12 Hrs Clinical)
*15 wks
This course emphasizes the acquisition of knowledge
and skills by the student for the provision
of basic patient care. Major focus areas for the
student include professional behaviors, communication,
techniques of physical assessment,
critical thinking, nurs ing process, patient teaching
strategies and the management of time and resources
for the student and the provision of care.
The student uses the classroom, the laboratory
and clinical areas for practice and discus sion.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Nurs ing Program;
Co-requisites: BIO 115, 116; ENG 101.
NUR 115 Medication Preparation,
Administration and Dosage Calculations
1 Credit (1 Lecture 0 Lab 0 Clinical)
1 Hr/Wk (1 Hr. Lecture) *15 wks
This course is designed for nursing stu dents. It
focuses on the safety and accura cy required for
medication administration. Included will be the
interpretation of drug orders (including standards
and common abbreviations used in a drug order),
under standing drug labels, oral and parenteral
drug administration, reconstitution of solu tions,
pediatric and adult dosages based on body
weight and body surface area, cal culating and
adjusting intravenous solu tions, and dosage calculations
using the formula, ratio and proportion
or dimension al analysis approach. Prerequisites:
Admis sion to the Nursing Program; Co-requisites:
BIO 115, 116, ENG 101; NUR 112.
NUR 116 Role Transition - LPN
3 Credits (1 Lecture 0 Lab 2 Clinical)
7 Hrs/Wk (1 Hr. Lecture 6 Hrs. Clinical) *15 wks
This course is designed to assist the licensed
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