DCB catalog 2024-25

139 NURS 124 Clinical Practice II (3CR) Spring. Pre: NURS 120, NURS 121, NURS 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 NURS 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, NURS 121, NURS 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 NURS 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, NURS 121, NURS 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, NURS 226, NURS 227 NCLEX review. Investigate the role of the RN. Students will learn about historical trends, increase their knowledge of the background and current application of safety goals and competencies, and use previous skills in management to refine leadership skills. Students will start the process of analyzing individual performance and system effectiveness. NURS 225 Alterations in Health I (3 CR) Fall. Pre: Admission to the AND program Co: NURS 224, NURS 225, NURS 226, NCLEX review. Explore the pathophysiology and nursing interventions, used in caring for individuals experiencing acute and chronic alterations in health, that build on concepts, knowledge and skills introduced in practical nursing courses and the supporting sciences. Utilize evidence-based practice, nursing judgment, therapeutic communication, and the nursing process as a framework for providing and managing nursing care to diverse individuals along the health-illness continuum.