DCB catalog 2022-24

Course Descriptions 123 Apply the social, biological, behavioral, and nursing science principles to simulated and actual client care in the nursing lab and during clinical in health care facilities. Students will see practice and perform demonstrations of basic nursing skills and procedures in a supervised setting. Includes the study of math and medical terminology and use of the nursing process and critical thinking skills to organize and provide safe and effective client care. NURS 124 Clinical Practice II (3CR) Spring; Pre: NURS 120, 121, 122; Co: NURS 127, PHRM 215 Gain additional nursing skills in the laboratory and apply those advanced skills in the clinical setting. Utilize the tools of informatics, nursing process, clinical reasoning, therapeutic communication, evidence-based practice, and management concepts to provide safe and culturally sensitive client care for individuals across the lifespan in a variety of medical facilities. NURS 126 Clinical Practice III (3 CR) Summer; Pre: NURS 120 to 124, PHRM 215; Co: NURS 129 Refine nursing knowledge, skills, and ethical comportment in the role of a practical nursing student to provide safe and effective care for clients across the lifespan with stable or predictable health problems and assisting with those whose conditions are critical or unpredictable. Critical thinking, effective and therapeutic communication, nursing process, management of nursing care, and delegation of unlicensed assistive persons are incorporated into the clinical experience. NURS 127 Practical Nursing II; Introduction to Medical Surgical Nursing (2 CR) Spring; Pre: NURS 120, 121, 122; Co: NURS 124, PHRM 215 Examine safe and effective client care of the bio-psychosocial individual along the health-illness continuum. Students will be involved in teaching and learning activities that enhance critical thinking skills, examine aspects of self-determination, health promotion, disease prevention and evidence-based practice. Students will increase their understanding of nursing process and prioritization in the care of culturally unique clients across the lifespan in an ethical and legal manner. NURS 129 Practical Nursing III (3 CR) Summer; Pre: NURS 120 to 124, PHRM 215; Co: NURS 126 Focus on the nursing care of the woman, newborn, child, and families. Examine health maintenance and study the diseases and disorders affecting women, newborns, and children. Gain an understanding of pediatric growth and development and common illnesses. Use knowledge of family centered care, teaching and learning principles, and therapeutic communication while working within the interdisciplinary team to assist clients to use self-determination in decisions affecting their health. NURS 145 Introduction to Maternal Child Nursing (2CR) Spring; Pre: NURS 120,121,122 Focus on the nursing care of the woman, newborn, child, and families. Examine health maintenance and study the diseases and disorders affecting women, newborns, and children. Gain an understanding of pediatric growth and development and common illnesses. Use knowledge of family centered care, teaching and learning principles, and therapeutic communication while working within the interdisciplinary team to assist clients to use self-determination in decisions affecting their health. NURS 224 Professional Role Development (2 CR) Fall; Pre: Admission to the ADN program; Co: NURS 225, 226, 227 NCLEX review.