2010-11 Course Catalog - Century College

7 Course Descriptionscommunity settings, provides the studentwith opportunities to provide comprehensivenursing care to multiple clients. Coursecontent emphasizes team leading, healthteaching, holism, nursing process with anemphasis on evaluation, communicationand the RN role. Unique to this course iscommunity screening, maternal/child health,newborn assessment, and a comprehensivefamily assessment. Concepts of supervision/delegation, critical thinking and prioritizationare emphasized. Additional applicationincludes identification and facilitation ofpatterns in health and wellness for clientswithin their environment.Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in NURS2030, Healthcare Provider CPR certification,background clearance, and requiredimmunizations.Synthesis and Transition to theRegistered Nurse RoleNURS 2050 3 CreditsThis course uses a case study modality tosynthesize concepts taught previously suchas health, healing, and holism. It emphasizesevidence-based practice, leadership, ethics,group dynamics/ processes, and economic,social, political, and current trends in healthcare. The case studies allow students to planand evaluate holistic, individualized nursinginterventions for patients with complex healthcare needs.Prerequisite: NURS 2030, NURS 2035, NURS2222, and concurrent enrollment in NURS2055.Clinical Application for NURS 2050NURS 2055 4 CreditsThis course applies and synthesizes conceptspresented in NURS 2050. The practicumexperience focuses on critical thinking,team leading, leadership/management,supervision/delegation, and decision-making/priority setting while providing holistic careto multiple patients with complex healthneeds and situations. A preceptorship, with aselected RN, encourages students to preparethemselves for the personal and professionaltransition to the role of registered nurse.Additional course activities involve theexploration of career opportunities, preparingand presenting teaching projects, working incollaboration with health care professionals,working collaboratively with peers in174 Century College 2010-2011developing a patient discharge/referral plan,and participating in service learning within thecommunity.Prerequisite: NURS 2030, NURS 2035,concurrent enrollment in NURS 2050,Healthcare Provider CPR certification,background clearance, and requiredimmunizations.Nursing Interventions II: Health, Healingand Holism and the Role of the RNNURS 2130 4 CreditsThis course provides the LPN mobility studentwith the theoretical content related tohealth and wellness in the infant, child andadult. Primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare management and health conditionsare discussed throughout the life span.Course emphasis includes critical thinkingskills, therapeutic nursing interventions andcommunication, prioritization, collaborativecare and the holistic nursing process. Majorcontent areas include maternal/child health,mental health, cardiac and gastrointestinalconditions as well as emergency and traumacare.Prerequisite: NURS 1160, NURS 1165,and concurrent enrollment in NURS 2135.Recommendation: NURS 2222 or concurrentenrollment.Clinical Application for NURS 2130NURS 2135 4 CreditsThis course applies theoretical concepts tonursing practice for the LPN mobility student.This practicum, with clinical experiences inacute, specialty and community settings,provides the student with opportunitiesto provide comprehensive nursing care tomultiple clients. Course content emphasizesteam leading, health teaching, holism, nursingprocess with an emphasis on evaluation,communication and the RN role. Unique tothis course is community screening, maternal/child health, newborn assessment, and acomprehensive family assessment. Conceptsof supervision/delegation, critical thinkingand prioritization are emphasized. Additionalapplication includes identification andfacilitation of patterns in health and wellnessfor clients within their environment.Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in NURS2130, Healthcare Provider CPR certification,background clearance, and requiredimmunizations.Synthesis and Transition to theRegistered Nurse RoleNURS 2150 3 CreditsThis course uses a case study modality tosynthesize concepts taught previously suchas health, healing, and holism. It emphasizesevidence-based practice, leadership, ethics,group dynamics/ processes, and economic,social, political, and current trends in healthcare. The case studies allow students to planand evaluate holistic, individualized nursinginterventions for patients with complex healthcare needs.Prerequisite: NURS 2130, NURS 2135, NURS2222, and concurrent enrollment in NURS 2155.Clinical Application for NURS 2150NURS 2155 3 CreditsThis course applies and synthesizes conceptspresented in NURS 2150. The practicumexperience focuses on critical thinking,leadership/management, and decisionmaking/prioritysetting while providing holisticcare to multiple patients with complex healthneeds and situations. A preceptorship, with aselected RN, encourages students to preparethemselves for the personal and professionaltransition to the role of registered nurse.Additional course activities involve theexploration of career opportunities, preparingand presenting teaching projects, working incollaboration with health care professionals,working collaboratively with peers indeveloping a patient discharge/referral plan,and participating in service learning within thecommunity.Prerequisite: NURS 2130, NURS 2135,concurrent enrollment in NURS 2150,Healthcare Provider CPR certification,background clearance, and requiredimmunizations.A Pathophysiological Approach to HealthProblems and Pharmacologic TherapyNURS 2222 3 CreditsThis course analyzes the progressive changesthat take place in the human organism whennormal adaptive processes are influencedby chemical, microbial, genetic and/orpsychological stress. The course focuseson the pathophysiology of major healthproblems that lead to mortality and morbidity.This course connects the interrelationshipbetween pathophysiology and pharmacology,