2010-11 Course Catalog - Century College

emphasizing the importance of pharmacologyto these major health problems. Thisknowledge is applied to the planning ofholistic nursing care and pharmacologicinterventions of patients with these healthproblems.Prerequisite: BIOL 1031 and 1032, NURS1020, NURS 1025, and completion orconcurrent enrollment in NURS 1030 and 1035or admission to the LPN or Paramedic MobilityNursing Track.Clinical Application for Nursing 1230NURS 2235 4 CreditsThis course is for paramedic mobilitystudents and applies theoretical concepts ofholistic nursing practices promoting criticalthinking, assessment skills, caring behaviors,therapeutic nursing interventions, preventionof disease, and health and wellnessthroughout the life span. This practicum,with clinical experiences in acute care,community agencies, and the Nursing LearningResource Center, provides the student withopportunities to provide intermediate levelnursing interventions. Course emphasisincludes holism and the nursing process withemphasis on assessment and interventions,prioritization, communication, and healthteaching in both acute care and communityservice learning.Prerequisite: NURS 1260, NURS 1265,concurrent enrollment in NURS 1230,Healthcare Provider CPR certification,background clearance, and requiredimmunizations. Recommendation:Completion or concurrent enrollment in NURS2222.Synthesis and Transition to theRegistered Nurse RoleNURS 2250 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 1230, NURS2235, NURS 2222, and concurrent enrollmentin NURS 2255.Clinical Application for NURS 2250NURS 2255 3 CreditsThis course applies and synthesizes conceptspresented in NURS 2250. 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 professionalrole transition to the role of registered nurse.Other applications will involve exploration ofcareer opportunities, preparing and presentingteaching projects, working collaborativelywith health care professionals, workingcollaboratively with peers in developing apatient discharge/referral plan, and servicelearning within the community.Prerequisite: NURS 1230, 2235, concurrentenrollment in NURS 2250, Healthcare ProviderCPR certification, background clearance, andrequired immunizations.Clinical InternshipNURS 2785 1 CreditThis elective clinical internship courseprovides learning opportunities to applynursing theory to nursing practice. The focusis on gaining depth of understanding ofthe role of the registered nurse as well asstrengthening nursing skills in the clinicalsetting. Students will be precepted by nursesin the practice setting and by nursing faculty.Prerequisite: Successful completion of twosemesters in an associate degree nursingprogram, acceptance into an approvedmetro area clinical internship program, andpermission of nursing director. HealthcareProvider CPR certification, backgroundclearance, and required immunizations.Office TechnologyIntroduction to Keyboarding IOFFT 0091 1 CreditThis course develops basic keyboardingtechniques and skills using a computer. Theemphasis will be learning the touch method oftyping the alphabetic keys.7 Course DescriptionsIntroduction to Keyboarding IIOFFT 0092 1 CreditThis course is a continuation of KeyboardingI. The emphasis of this course is using properkeyboarding technique to develop speedand accuracy on alphabetic material and thenumeric keypad.Prerequisite: OFFT 0091 or consent ofinstructor.College KeyboardingOFFT 1001 1 CreditThis keyboarding class will integratekeyboarding instruction with word processing.The student will create professional-lookingdocuments such as memos, letters, reportsand tables. Students will continue to buildstrong keyboarding skills through speed andaccuracy.Prerequisite: OFFT 0092, or equivalent, orconsent of instructor.Speech RecognitionOFFT 1002 1 CreditThis course is designed to prepare students touse speech-recognition technology to producebusiness documents in corporate and medicaloffice settings. This course is valuable for newstudents and individuals who wish to updatetheir skills.Prerequisite: OFFT 1001 or equivalent, orinstructor consent.Advanced Word ProcessingOFFT 1035 3 CreditsThis course reinforces and applies previouslylearned skills to complete complex andintegrated business projects such asitineraries, newsletters, expense reports,forms and other business-related tasks.Students will complete business documentsusing multiple software applications and applycritical thinking and problem-solving skills inrealistic business situations.Prerequisite: CAPL 1010 and CAPL 1023 orconsent of instructor.Independent StudyOFFT 1790 1 - 6 CreditsThe intent of this course is to allow flexibilityin providing learning experiences to meetthe unique needs of the individual. Thiswill include specific assignments that arecustomized/designed for the student.Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and dean.651.779.3300 175