Nursing
Course Descriptions
NUR
1010C
Introduction to Nursing
9 Lab/Clinical hours, 3 credits.
Prerequisite: BSC 2085C
This course will introduce the student to Nursing as
a profession and to the Nursing program and expectations of the
student nurse. The focus will be on the introduction to
Nursing skills and the legal, ethical and professional requirements
of the student nurse.
NUR
1023C
Nursing I
5 hrs. Lecture, 12 hrs. Lab, 9 credits.
Prerequisite: Admission
to Nursing; Corequisite: NUR 1141C
Nursing I introduces the student to the Nursing process, the assessment
of basic needs, and the unmet needs that occur in response to imbalances
in homeostasis affecting the biological systems and human dimensions.
Students learn basic interventions and interpersonal skills to assist
patients in meeting these needs and to help them achieve optimal
health. Beginning concepts of the functional and professional role
of the Nurse are presented. The clinical focus is on mastering fundamental
skills necessary for the care of the adult patient with an emphasis
on the elderly, and the development of the Nurse-patient relationship.
NUR 1033C
Transition I
6 hrs lecture; 12 hrs Lab/Clinical. 10 credits.
Prerequisite: Admission to Nursing; Corequisite: NUR
1140C, HUMANITIES and DEP 2004 (if not previously passed).
This course introduces the experienced health care worker to
the functional and professional roles of the Registered Nurse, the
Nursing process, assessment of basic needs, and the unmet needs that
occur in response to imbalances in homeostasis affecting the
biological systems and human dimensions. The clinical focus is
on development of the Nurse-patient relationship and on
mastering skills necessary for the care of adult clients in the
acute care setting with simple medical/surgical problems.
NUR
1141C
Pharmacology I
1hr. Lecture, 2 hrs. Lab, 1 credit.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Generic Nursing Program; Corequisite: NUR 1023C
Pharmacology I focuses on the Nursing process and the role of the
Nurse as provider of care in the administration of pharmacologic
agents that are used to restore, promote, and maintain homeostasis.
Content includes drug dosage calculation, and pharmacokinetics,
actions, uses, and side effects and toxic effects of prototype drugs
in selected drug classifications.
NUR 1142
Pharmacology II
2hrs. Lecture, 2 credits.
Prerequisite: NUR 1141C;
Corequisite:
NUR 1243C
Pharmacology
II is a continuation of NUR 1141C and focuses on the Nursing process
and the role of the Nurse as provider of care in the administration
of pharmacologic agents that are used to restore, promote, and maintain
homeostasis. Content includes pharmacokinetics, actions, uses, side
effects and toxic effects of prototype drugs in selected drug classifications.
NUR
1140C
Pharmacology
2.5 hrs. Lecture, 1.5 hrs. Lab, 3 credits.
Prerequisites: BSC 2085C
(A & P I) BSC 2086C (A & P II), and a Math course higher
than Intermediate Algebra (MAT 1033).
This course is for students in the Bridge Program Option.
Pharmacology focuses on the Nursing process and the role
of the Nurse as provider of care in the administration of
pharmacologic agents that are used to restore, promote, and
maintain homeostasis. Content includes pharmacokinetics,
actions, uses, dosage calculation, and side and toxic effects of
prototype drugs in the major drug classifications.
NUR
1930
Nursing Topics I
3 hrs. Lab, 1 credit.
Prerequisite: Permission from the Director
of the Department of Nursing
Nursing Topics teaches techniques for calculating safe medication
doses for oral and parenteral medications. Examples of calculations
are presented for each objective. This course is designed for review
or remediation in drug dosage calculations.
NUR
1524C
Nursing II
4 hrs. Lecture, 12 hrs. Lab, 4 credits.
Prerequisites:
NUR 1023C or NUR 1141C
Nursing II focuses on imbalances in an individual’s homeostasis
that affect the biological and human dimensions resulting in unmet
needs in the area of psychological security. Students learn interventions
to assist patients in regaining optimal biological, psychological,
and social health relating to problems of adjustment and deviant
patterns of behavior with an emphasis on the adolescent and young
adult. The clinical focus is on using therapeutic communication
skills and therapeutic use of self in the Nurse-patient relationship.
NUR 1243C
Nursing III
5 hrs. Lecture, 12 hrs. Lab, 9 credits.
Prerequisite: NUR
1524C; Corequisite: NUR 1142
Nursing III focuses on common pathophysiology that affects an individual’s
homeostasis and results in unmet biological needs. Students learn
more complex interventions to assist patients to promote, maintain,
or restore homeostasis. The professional roles of the Nurse as provider
of care and beginning manager of care are also emphasized. The clinical
focus is on using increasingly complex skills and interventions
within these roles to assist the adult patient in regaining optimal
health.
NUR
2460C
Nursing IV
5 hrs. Lecture, 12 hrs. Lab, 9 credits.
Prerequisites: NUR 1243C,
NUR 1142, MCB 2010C, and DEP 2004.
Corequisite: Humanities- Any PCC approved Humanities course.
Nursing IV focuses on balances and imbalances in homeostasis that
affect the family unit during childbearing and childrearing. Students
learn family centered Nursing interventions to assist women and
children to maintain or achieve optimal health. The professional
roles of the Nurse as provider of care and manager of care are emphasized
within the context of family centered care. The clinical focus in
on using the concepts and skills necessary to assist these patients
and families who are undergoing changes in homeostasis.
NUR
2254C
Nursing V
4 hrs. Lecture, 15 hrs. Lab, 10 credits.
Prerequisites: NUR 2460C
and any approved 3 credit Humanities course if not previously
completed.
Nursing V focuses on complex pathophysiological imbalances in homeostasis
resulting in multiple unmet needs and physiological crises. Students
learn advanced concepts and skills necessary to assist patients
to reestablish homeostasis or to meet death with comfort and dignity.
The clinical focus is on the care of the patient in the critical
care environment and on the transition from student to graduate
within the Nursing roles of provider of care, manager of care, and member
within the discipline.
NUR
1320C
Transition II:
(Maternal-Child and Psychiatric Mental Health)
6 hrs. Lecture, 12 hrs. Lab/Clinical, 10 credits.
Prerequisite: NUR
1051C, NUR 1140C and DEP 2004; Corequisite:
Any 3 credit approved Humanities course if not previously
completed
Transition II focuses on the professional roles of the
nurse as provider of care and manager of care within the context of
the specialized environment of Obstetrical Nursing, Pediatric
Nursing and Mental Health Nursing.
Students learn family centered Nursing interventions to assist
women and children to maintain or achieve optimal health. The
professional roles of the Nurse as provider of care and manager of
care are emphasized within the context of family centered care. The clinical focus is
on using the concepts and skills necessary to assist patients and
families who are undergoing changes in homeostasis. In the
Psychiatric-Mental Health setting the clinical focus is on
therapeutic communication skills and the therapeutic use of self in
the Nurse-patient relationship.
NUR
2057C
Transition III
5 hrs lecture; 15 hrs Lab/Clinical, 10 credits
Prerequisites: NUR 1320C and any approved 3 credit Humanities
course
This course focuses on complex pathophysiological imbalances in
homeostasis resulting in multiple or complex unmet needs and
physiological and psychological crises. Students learn
advanced concepts and skills necessary to assist patients to
re-establish homeostasis or to meet death with comfort and dignity.
Client care management, including principles of leadership and
client care planning, is presented. The clinical focus is on
the care of the patient in the critical care environment and on the
transition from student to graduate within the Nursing roles of
provider of care, manager of care and member within the discipline.
Further
information regarding Courses and Program options can be found in
the PCC Catalog.
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