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2017-2018 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

Medical Assistant
  

  • MDCA 1362 - Clinical-Medical/Clinical Assistant

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Sixteen hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Medical Assistant Program, MDCA 1360 , MDCA 1361  
    A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direcct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. (Spring)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MDCA 1417 - Procedures in a Clinical Setting II

    4 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture and four hours of lab each week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Medical Assistant Program, MDCA 1317  
    This course places emphasis on patient-centered assessment, examination, and treatment as directed by a physician. It includes vital signs, collection and documentation of patient information, asepsis, office clinical procedures, and other treatments as appropriate for ambulatory care settings. (Fall)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MDCA 1421 - Administrative Procedures

    4 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two lecture hours and six lab hours each week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Medical Assistant Program, MDCA 1205 , MDCA 1313 , BCIS 1305  
    This course is a method of instruction for medical office procedures including appointment, scheduling, medical records creation and maintenance, phone communications, financial processes, coding, billing, collecting, third party reimbursement, credit arrangements, and computer use in the medical office. (Fall)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.

Medical Laboratory Technology
  

  • MLAB 1127 - Coagulation

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One hour of online lecture and two hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: Admission to MLT program or department approval
    This course is a course in coagulation theory, procedures, and practical applications. Includes laboratory exercises, which rely on commonly performed manual and semiautomated methods. Also includes quality control, quality quality assurance, and safety. (Fall)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MLAB 1201 - Introduction to Clinical Laboratory Science

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One hour of online lecture and four hours of lab each week
    This course is an introduction to clinical laboratory science, including quality control, laboratory math, safety, basic laboratory equipment settings, accreditation and certification. Also includes basic phlebotomy theory and skills. (Fall)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MLAB 1211 - Urinalysis/Body Fluids

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One hour of online lecture and four hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: Admission to MLT program or department approval
    This course is an introduction to urinalysis and body fluid analysis, including the anatomy and physiology of the kidney, and physical, chemical and microscopic examination of urine, cerebrospinal fluid, and other body fluids. Also includes quality control, quality assurance, and safety. (Spring)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MLAB 1231 - Parasitology/Mycology

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One hour of online lecture and three hours of lab each week
    Prerequisite: Admission to MLT program or Department approval
    This course is a study of the taxonomy, morphology, and pathogenesis of human parasites and fungi, including the practical application of laboratory procedures. Also includes quality control, quality assurance, and safety. (Spring)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MLAB 1235 - Immunology /Serology

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One hour of online lecture and four hours of lab each week
    Prerequisite: Admission to MLT program of department approval
    This course is an introduction to the theory and application of basic immunology, including the immune response, principles of antigen-antibody reactions, and the principles of serological procedures. Also includes quality control, quality assurance and safety. (Spring)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MLAB 1315 - Hematology

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two hours of online lecture and four hours of lab each week
    Prerequisite: Admission to MLT program or Department approval
    The study of blood cells in normal and abnormal conditions. Instruction in the theory and pracctical application of hematology procedures, including quality control, quality assurance, safety, manual and/or automated methods as well as blood cell maturation sequences, and normal and abnormal morphology and associated diseases. (Spring)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MLAB 2221 - Molecular Diagnostics for Clinical Laboratory Science

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One hour of online lecture and three hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: Admission to MLT program or department approval.
    A comprehensive overview of the fundamental principles of clinical molecular diagnostics and explores the use of molecular techniques in the diagnosis of disease. (Summer)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MLAB 2331 - Immunohematology

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of online lecture and four hours of lab each week
    Prerequisite: MLAB 1235  and admission to the MLT program or Department approval
    A study of blood antigens and antibodies. Presents quality control, basic laboratory technique and safety. Includes the principles, procedures and clinical significance of test results in genetics, blood group systems, pre-transfusion testing, adverse effects of transfusions, donor selection and components, and hemolytic disease of the newborn. (Fall)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MLAB 2362 - Clinical II for Medical Laboratory Technology

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Ten weeks of 264 contact hours in a clinical laboratory setting.
    Prerequisite:  Admission to the clinical phase of the MLT program and MLAB 2461  or department approval.
    A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional either on campus by MLT faculty or at the clinical affiliate site by medical laboratory staff from the site.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MLAB 2401 - Clinical Chemistry

    4 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of online lecture and four hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 1406  or CHEM 1411  and admission to MLT program of department approval
    This course is an introduction to the principles and procedures of various tests performed in Clinical Chemistry. Presents the physiological basis for the test, the principle basis for the test, the principle and procedure for the test, and the clinical significance of the test results, including quality control and reference values. Also includes basic chemical laboratory technique. Chemical laboratory safety, electrolytes and acid-base balance, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, enzymes, metabolites, endocrine function, and toxicology. (Fall)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MLAB 2434 - Clinical Microbiology

    4 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of online lecture and four hours of lab each week
    Prerequisite: BIOL 2420   and admission to MLT program or department approval
    This course is an instruction in the theory, practical application, and pathogenesis of clinical microbiology, including collection, setup, identification, susceptibility testing, and reporting procedures. (Fall)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MLAB 2461 - Clinical I for Medical Laboratory Technology

    4 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Sixteen weeks of 384 contact hours in a clinical laboratory setting.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the clinical phase of the MLT program or department approval.
    A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional either on campus by MLT faculty or at the clinical affiliate site by medical laboratory staff from the site. (Spring)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.

Music
  

  • MUAP 1101 - Individual Instruction - Strings

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One-half hour of lab each week.
    Individual instruction is available in this course. This class meets for one-half hour each week and may be repeated for a total of four credits. Individual instruction courses are restricted to music majors only.  Majors must have a permit to register in any individual instruction music course prior to registration. Permits are available from the Music Department.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MUAP 1117 - Individual Instruction - Woodwinds

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One-half hour of lab each week.
    Individual instruction is available in this course. This class meets for one-half hour each week and may be repeated for a total of four credits. Individual instruction courses are restricted to music majors only.  Majors must have a permit to register in any individual instruction music course prior to registration. Permits are available from the Music Department.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MUAP 1137 - Individual Instruction - Brass

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One-half hour of lab each week.
    Individual instruction is available in this course. This class meets for one-half hour each week and may be repeated for a total of four credits. Individual instruction courses are restricted to music majors only.  Majors must have a permit to register in any individual instruction music course prior to registration. Permits are available from the Music Department.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MUAP 1161 - Individual Instruction - Guitar

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One-half hour of lab each week.
    Individual instruction is available in this course. This class meets for one-half hour each week and may be repeated for a total of four credits. Individual instruction courses are restricted to music majors only.  Majors must have a permit to register in any individual instruction music course prior to registration. Permits are available from the Music Department.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MUAP 1169 - Individual Instruction - Piano

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One-half hour of lab each week.
    Individual instruction is available in this course. This class meets for one-half hour each week and may be repeated for a total of four credits. Individual instruction courses are restricted to music majors only.  Majors must have a permit to register in any individual instruction music course prior to registration. Permits are available from the Music Department. (Fall, Spring)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MUAP 1181 - Individual Instruction - Voice

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One-half hour of lab each week.
    Individual instruction is available in this course. This class meets for one-half hour each week and may be repeated for a total of four credits. Individual instruction courses are restricted to music majors only.  Majors must have a permit to register in any individual instruction music course prior to registration. Permits are available from the Music Department.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MUAP 1201 - Individual Instruction - Strings

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One hour of lab each week.
    Individual instruction is available in this course. This class meets for one hour each week and may be repeated for a total of eight credits. Individual instruction courses are restricted to music majors only.  Majors must have a permit to register in any individual instruction music course prior to registration. Permits are available from the Music Department.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MUAP 1217 - Individual Instruction - Woodwinds

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One hour of lab each week.
    Individual instruction is available in this course. This class meets for one hour each week and may be repeated for a total of eight credits. Individual instruction courses are restricted to music majors only.  Majors must have a permit to register in any individual instruction music course prior to registration. Permits are available from the Music Department.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MUAP 1237 - Individual Instruction - Brass

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One hour of lab each week.
    Individual instruction is available in this course. This class meets for one hour each week and may be repeated for a total of eight credits. Individual instruction courses are restricted to music majors only.  Majors must have a permit to register in any individual instruction music course prior to registration. Permits are available from the Music Department.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MUAP 1261 - Individual Instruction - Guitar

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two hours of lab each week.
    Individual instruction is available in this course. This class meets for one hour each week and may be repeated for a total of eight credits. Individual instruction courses are restricted to music majors only.  Majors must have a permit to register in any individual instruction music course prior to registration. Permits are available from the Music Department.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MUAP 1269 - Individual Instruction - Piano

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One hour of lab each week.
    Individual instruction is available in this course. This class meets for one hour each week and may be repeated for a total of eight credits. Individual instruction courses are restricted to music majors only.  Majors must have a permit to register in any individual instruction music course prior to registration. Permits are available from the Music Department.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MUAP 1281 - Individual Instruction - Voice

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One hour of lab each week.
    Individual instruction is available in this course. This class meets for one hour each week and may be repeated for a total of eight credits. Individual instruction courses are restricted to music majors only.  Majors must have a permit to register in any individual instruction music course prior to registration. Permits are available from the Music Department.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MUEN 1131 - Instrumental Ensemble

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Four hours of class each week
    Enrollment is by audition. Students study and perform all forms of commercial music, including jazz, pop, and soul. Student arranging, composing and conducting is encouraged. Students are responsible for providing their own instruments. This course may be repeated for a total of four credits.

    Note: Scholarships are available to deserving students, regardless of major. Interested students should contact the music faculty advisor for audition times and details. Ensembles are open to all students regardless of major. Performing ensembles serve three distinct purposes: (1) they provide music majors with the ensemble participation necessary for successful completion of their music degrees; (2) they provide those not majoring in music an enjoyable creative outlet and the unique experience of self-expression and social development that results from participation in a group activity; and (3) they serve as valuable public relations agents for the College. A great way to get involved at NTCC is to become a member of one of the performing ensembles all music majors are required to participate in a minimum of one ensemble each semester enrolled.

    Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MUEN 1141 - Concert Choir/Chorus

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three rehearsal hours each week.
    Open to all students. The course is designed to acquaint members with the best in classical and modern choral music, oratorios, cantatas, and music of all countries. Choral techniques and group vocal problems are discussed. The student is required to attend all rehearsals and all public performances. The course may be repeated for a total of four credits.

    Note: Scholarships are available to deserving students, regardless of major. Interested students should contact the music faculty advisor for audition times and details. Ensembles are open to all students regardless of major. Performing ensembles serve three distinct purposes: (1) they provide music majors with the ensemble participation necessary for successful completion of their music degrees; (2) they provide those not majoring in music an enjoyable creative outlet and the unique experience of self-expression and social development that results from participation in a group activity; and (3) they serve as valuable public relations agents for the College. A great way to get involved at Northeast is to become a member of one of the performing ensembles all music majors are required to participate in a minimum of one ensemble each semester enrolled.
  

  • MUSI 1116 - Ear Training and Sight Singing I

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two lab hours each week.
    This course relates to topics in Music Theory I. Aural training in treble and bass clefs; major and minor scales, melodies with harmonic backgrounds of principle chords; aural study of beats, divisions and subdivisions are included. To be taken concurrently with Music Theory I. (Fall, Spring)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MUSI 1117 - Ear Training and Sight Singing II

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two lab hours each week
    This course relates to topics in Music Theory II. Aural skills including sight singing, ear training, and keyboard are further developed. To be taken concurrently with Music Theory II. (Fall, Spring)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MUSI 1133 - Wind Ensemble

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Four hours of class each week
    Open to any instrumentalist. No audition required. Designed to give an enjoyable and enlightening playing experience. Performs a wide range of music from popular selections to the more advanced works for concert band. Presents concerts on campus and at various functions in the area. This course may be repeated for a total of four credits.

    Note: Scholarships are available to deserving students, regardless of major. Interested students should contact the music faculty advisor for audition times and details. Ensembles are open to all students regardless of major. Performing ensembles serve three distinct purposes: (1) they provide music majors with the ensemble participation necessary for successful completion of their music degrees; (2) they provide those not majoring in music an enjoyable creative outlet and the unique experience of self-expression and social development that results from participation in a group activity; and (3) they serve as valuable public relations agents for the College. A great way to get involved at NTCC is to become a member of one of the performing ensembles all music majors are required to participate in a minimum of one ensemble each semester enrolled.

    Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MUSI 1135 - Jazz Ensemble

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Four hours of class each week
    Enrollment is by audition. Students study and perform all forms of jazz. This course may be repeated for a total of four credits.

    Note: Scholarships are available to deserving students, regardless of major. Interested students should contact the music faculty advisor for audition times and details. Ensembles are open to all students regardless of major. Performing ensembles serve three distinct purposes: (1) they provide music majors with the ensemble participation necessary for successful completion of their music degrees; (2) they provide those not majoring in music an enjoyable creative outlet and the unique experience of self-expression and social development that results from participation in a group activity; and (3) they serve as valuable public relations agents for the College. A great way to get involved at NTCC is to become a member of one of the performing ensembles all music majors are required to participate in a minimum of one ensemble each semester enrolled.

    Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MUSI 1152 - Vocal Ensemble

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three laboratory periods each week.
    This course is designed to train students with the best in light, popular, classical, and contemporary music presentation. Choral techniques and group vocal problems are taught. The student is required to attend all rehearsals and all public performances. Students are selected through audition with the voice instructor. The course may be repeated for a total of four credits.

    Note: Scholarships are available to deserving students, regardless of major. Interested students should contact the music faculty advisor for audition times and details. Ensembles are open to all students regardless of major. Performing ensembles serve three distinct purposes: (1) they provide music majors with the ensemble participation necessary for successful completion of their music degrees; (2) they provide those not majoring in music an enjoyable creative outlet and the unique experience of self-expression and social development that results from participation in a group activity; and (3) they serve as valuable public relations agents for the College. A great way to get involved at NTCC is to become a member of one of the performing ensembles all music majors are required to participate in a minimum of one ensemble each semester enrolled.

    Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MUSI 1159 - Musical Theatre

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One lecture and four laboratory hours each week
    Students will study and perform works from the musical theatre repertoire. May be repeated for a total of two semester hours of credit.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MUSI 1181 - Piano Class I

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class each week
    This course develops keyboard skills for students with little or no previous experience.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MUSI 1182 - Piano Class II

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class each week
    Prerequisite: MUSI 1181  or equivalent ability
    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MUSI 1183 - Voice Class

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class each week
    This course is for non-voice majors. It presents the principles of breathing, voice production, tone control, enunciation, and phrasing in two group lessons a week.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MUSI 1192 - Guitar Class

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two hours of class each week
    Beginning class instruction in guitar. This course is designed for the non-music major. Must furnish own guitar.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MUSI 1301 - Fundamentals of Music

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class each week
    This is an introduction to the elements of music, including study of the staff, clefs, key signatures, scales, time signatures, notation, meter and rhythm, sight singing, major and minor chords; application of theory at the keyboard; rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic ear training.

    Note: Scholarships are available to deserving students, regardless of major. Interested students should contact the music faculty advisor for audition times and details.
  

  • MUSI 1304 - Foundations in Music

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class each week.
    This is a study of the basic fundamentals of music with an introduction to melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic instruments. Practical skills are developed by means of sight singing, conducting, rhythm drills, and the use of the piano as a basic tool in music study. No previous musical training required.

    Note: Scholarships are available to deserving students, regardless of major. Interested students should contact the music faculty advisor for audition times and details.
  

  • MUSI 1306 - Music Appreciation

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class each week
    Through a series of lectures, videocassettes and direct listening assignments, the student becomes acquainted with the main currents of music from Greek times to the present. Emphasis is placed on enhancing appreciation for music in all of its forms.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MUSI 1311 - Music Theory I

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class each week.
    Prerequisite: MUSI 1301  or satisfactory score on theory placement test. To be taken concurrently with MUSI 1116
    This course will cover part writing of figured bass exercises and melody harmonization requiring principle triads. Melodic composition of phrase and period with extensions will also be included. (Fall, Spring)

    Note: Scholarships are available to deserving students, regardless of major. Interested students should contact the music faculty advisor for audition times and details.
  

  • MUSI 1312 - Music Theory II

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class each week
    Prerequisite: MUSI 1311 . To be taken concurrently with MUSI 1117  
    This course is a continuation of Music Theory I. Part writing and harmonization with triads and their inversions are studied in addition to an expanded chord vocabulary which includes materials from the common practice period. (Fall, Spring)

    Note: Scholarships are available to deserving students, regardless of major. Interested students should contact the music faculty advisor for audition times and details.
  

  • MUSI 2181 - Piano Class III

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class each week
    Prerequisite: MUSI 1182 
    Topics studied in this course include harmony, transposition, accompaniment styles, improvisation, sight reading, keyboard technique, major and minor scales.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MUSI 2182 - Piano Class IV

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class each week
    Prerequisite: MUSI 2181 
    This course is a continuation of Piano Class III.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.

Nursing (VN)
  

  • HPRS 2200 - Pharmacology for Health Professions

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two hours of lecture each week.
    A study of drug classifications, actions, therapeutic uses, adverse effects, routes of administration, and calculation of dosages. HPRS 2200 is a prerequisite for the Vocational Nursing program.  This class will be offered with 100% online course delivery.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • VNSG 1162 - Clinical-Maternal/Neonatal

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Four hours of clinical experience each week.
    Prerequisite: VNSG 1260 
    Co-requisites: VNSG 1330  (mandatory)

     

    Detailed education, training and work-based experience, and direct patient/client care. On-site clinical instruction, supervision, evaluation, and placement. Focus is on care of the mother during pregnancy, labor, delivery and postpartum experience and care of the newborn child.
  

  • VNSG 1163 - Clinical-Pediatrics

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Four hours of clinical experience each week
    Co-requisites: VNSG 1334 

    Detailed education, training and work-based experience, and direct patient/client care. On-site clinical instruction, supervision, evaluation, and placement. Focus is on care of the pediatric client from birth through adolescence in various stages of health and illness.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • VNSG 1219 - Professional Development

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two hours of lecture and one hour of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: Completion of the second semester of the Vocational Nursing Program
    Co-requisites: VNSG 2261 

    The study of the importance of professional growth. Topics include the role of licensed vocational nurse in the multi-disciplinary health care team, professional organizations, ethics, legalities, trends, management, and continuing education.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • VNSG 1238 - Mental Illness

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two hours of course work each week.
    Prerequisite: Successful completion of the second semester of the Vocational Nursing Program
    Co-requisites: VNSG 2160 

    Study of human behavior with emphasis on emotional and mental abnormalities and modes of treatment incorporating the nursing process and the role of the vocational nurse.
  

  • VNSG 1260 - Clinical I

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Eleven hours of clinical experience each week.
    Prerequisite: Admission into the Vocational Nursing Program
    Co-requisites: VNSG 1429 

    Detailed education, training and work-based experience, and direct patient/client care at a clinical site. On-site clinical instruction, supervision, evaluation, and placement. Focus is on meeting basic needs for a variety of clients with common medical surgical disorders.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • VNSG 1261 - Clinical-Medical Surgical II

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Eleven hours of clinical experience each week.
    Prerequisite: VNSG 1260 
    Co-requisites: VNSG 1432  (mandatory)

    Detailed education, training and work-based experience, and direct patient/ client care at a variety of clinical sites. On-site clinical instruction, supervision, evaluation, and placement. A continuation of VNSG 1260 . Focus is on increased complexity and advanced care in meeting bio-psych-social needs of adults through the roles and competencies of the vocational nurse.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • VNSG 1304 - Foundations of Nursing I

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture and one hour of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Vocational Nursing program.
    Introduction to the nursing profession including history, standards of practice, legal and ethical issues, and role of the vocational nurse. Topics include mental health, therapeutic communication, cultural and spiritual diversity, nursing process, pharmacokinetics, and holistic awareness, including nutrition, sleep/rest activity, coping, and roles/relationships across the life span.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • VNSG 1330 - Maternal-Neonatal Nursing

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture and one hour of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: VNSG 1429 
    Co-requisites: VNSG 1162 

    A study of the biological, psychological, and sociological concepts applicable to basic needs of the family including childbearing and neonatal care. Utilization of the nursing process in the assessment and management of the childbearing family. Topics include physiological changes related to pregnancy, fetal development, and nursing care of the family during labor and delivery and the puerperium.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • VNSG 1334 - Pediatric Nursing

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture and one hour of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: Completion of the first semester of the vocational nursing program.
    Co-requisites: VNSG 1163 , VNSG 1261 

    The study of the care of the pediatric patient and family during health and disease. Emphasis on growth and developmental needs utilizing the nursing process. Includes attainment of competencies related to pediatric nursing.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • VNSG 1429 - Medical-Surgical Nursing I

    4 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Four hours of course work each week.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Vocational Nursing Program.
    Co-requisites: VNSG 1260 

    Application of the nursing process to the care of adult patients experiencing medical-surgical conditions in the health-illness continuum, integrating concepts of nursing process, health care, nutrition, pharmacology, and psycho/physiologic impact of stress. Included is the study of broad concepts of pain, fluid/electrolyte balance, gastro intestinal, respiratory and urinary systems.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • VNSG 1432 - Medical-Surgical Nursing II

    4 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Four hours of course work each week.
    Prerequisite: VNSG 1429 
    Co-requisites: VNSG 1261 

    Continuation of Medical-Surgical Nursing I with application of the nursing process to the care of adult patients experiencing medical-surgical conditions in the health-illness continuum. Integrated concepts of nursing process, nutrition, pharmacology, psychosocial needs and ethical legal issues are addressed in caring for clients with cardiovascular, neurological, integumentary, musculoskeletal and hematological alterations. Includes a variety of health care settings.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • VNSG 1502 - Applied Nursing Skills I

    5 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours lecture and six hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Vocational Nursing Program
    Introduction to and application of primary nursing skills. Emphasis on utilization of the nursing process and related scientific principles.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • VNSG 2160 - Clinical-Mental Illness

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of clinical experience each week
    Co-requisites: VNSG 1238 

    Detailed education, training and work-based experience, and direct patient/client care at a clinical site. On-site clinical instruction, supervision, evaluation and placement. Focus is on the care of clients with abnormal behavior. The vocational nurse’s role in behavior management, pharmacotherapeutics, and as a member of the mental health team is emphasized.
  

  • VNSG 2261 - Clinical-Professional Development

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Ten hours of clinical experience each week.
    Prerequisite: Successful completion of the second semester of the Vocational Nursing Program.
    Co-requisites: VNSG 1219  (mandatory)

     

    Detailed education, training and work-based experience, and direct patient/client care at a clinical site. On-site clinical instruction, supervision, evaluation, and placement. Focus is on management of a group of clients, time management, priority setting, ethical legal practice, professional growth, exit competencies, and roles of the graduate nurse.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.

Nursing (ADN)
  

  • HPRS 1101 - Introduction to Health Professions

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Four hours of lecture each week.
    An overview of roles of various members of the health care system, educational requirements, and issues affecting the delivery of health care. (Fall, Spring, Summer)
  

  • RNSG 1118 - Professional Nursing Competencies

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Four hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: Admission into Mobility ADN Program.
    Co-requisites: RNSG 1128 , RNSG 1324 , RNSG 1162  

    Development of professional nursing competencies in the care of diverse patients throughout the lifespan.  Emphasizes psychomotor skills and clinical reasoning in the performance of nursing procedures related to the concepts of clinical judgment, comfort, elimination, fluid and electrolytes, nutrition, gas exchange, safety, functional ability, immunity, metabolism, mobility, and tissue integrity.  Includes health assessment and medication administration.  This course lends itself to a concept-based approach.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • RNSG 1125 - Professional Nursing Concepts I

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One hour of lecture each week.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the ADN Program
    Co-requisites: RNSG 1128 , RNSG 1160 , RNSG 1216 , RNSG 1430  

    Introduction to professional nursing concepts and exemplars within the professional nursing roles: Member of Profession, Provider of Patient-Centered Care, Patient Safety Advocate, and Member of the Health Care Team.  Content includes clinical judgment, communication, ethical-legal, evidenced-based practice, health promotion, informatics, patient-centered care, patient education, professionalism, safety, and team/collaboration.  Emphasizes role development of the professional nurse.  This course lends itself to a concept-based approach. (Fall)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • RNSG 1126 - Professional Nursing Concepts II

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One hour of lecture each week.
    Prerequisite: RNSG 1125 , RNSG 1128 , RNSG 1160 , RNSG 1216 , RNSG 1430  
    Co-requisites: RNSG 1533 , RNSG 2362  

    Expanding professional nursing concepts and exemplars within the professional nursing roles.  Applying concepts of clinical judgment, communication, ethical-legal, evidenced-based practice,  patient-centered care, professionalism, safety, and team/collaboration through exemplars presented in the HCC course.  Introduces concept of leadership and management.  Emphasizes role development of the professional nurse.  This course lends itself to a concept-based approach. (Spring)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • RNSG 1128 - Introduction to Health Care Concepts

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One hour of lecture each week.
    Co-requisites: RNSG 1118 , RNSG 1324 , RNSG 1162  

    An introduction to concept-based learning with emphasis on selected pathophysiological concepts with nursing applications.  Concepts include acid-base balance, fluid and electrolytes, immunity, gas exchange, perfusion, metabolism, coping, and tissue integrity.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • RNSG 1137 - Professional Nursing Concepts III

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Twelve hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: RNSG 1125 , RNSG 1126 , RNSG 1128 , RNSG 1160 , RNSG 1216 , RNSG 1430 , RNSG 1533 , RNSG 2362  or equivalent course work
    Co-requisites: RNSG 2363 , RNSG 1538  

    Application of professional nursing concepts and exemplars within the professional nursing roles.  Utilizes concepts of clinical judgment, ethical-legal, evidenced-based practice, patient-centered care, professionalism, safety, and team/collaboration.  Introduces the concept of quality improvement and health care organizations. Incorporates concepts into role development of the professional nurse.  This course lends itself to a concept-based approach. (Fall)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • RNSG 1160 - Clinical I

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Eight hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the ADN Program.
    Co-requisites: RNSG 1125 , RNSG 1128 , RNSG 1216 , RNSG 1430  

    A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts.  Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. (Fall)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • RNSG 1161 - Clinical Care of Children and Families

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Five hours of lab each week
    Prerequisite: RNSG 1343 , RNSG 1301 , RNSG 1144 . Co-requisite: RNSG 2101 , RNSG 2208 , RNSG 2231 , RNSG 1162 , RNSG 2160 
    A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. Emphasis is on the development of professional nursing skills within the pediatric setting.
  

  • RNSG 1162 - Transition Clinical LVN

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Four hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: Admission into the VN Mobility Program
    Co-requisites: RNSG 1128 , RNSG 1118 , RNSG 1324  

    A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • RNSG 1200 - Introductory Concepts of Clinical Decision Making

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two hours of course work each week
    Examination of selected principles related to the continued development of the professional nurse as a provider of care, coordinator of care, and member of a profession. Emphasizes clinical decision making for clients in medical-surgical settings experiencing health problems involving pain, perioperative care, infection, eye-ear-throat disorders, and integumentary disorders. Includes discussion of knowledge, judgment, skills, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework.
  

  • RNSG 1215 - Health Assessment

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One hour of lecture and four hours lab each week
    Co-requisites: RNSG 1162 

    Development of skills and techniques required for a comprehensive health assessment by a professional nurse within a legal/ethical framework. Utilizes a functional patterns approach to data collection.
  

  • RNSG 1216 - Professional Nursing Competencies

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Eight hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the ADN Program
    Co-requisites: RNSG 1125 , RNSG 1128 , RNSG 1160 , RNSG 1430  

    Development of professional nursing competencies in the care of diverse patients throughout the lifespan.  Emphasizes psychomotor skills and clinical reasoning in the performance of nursing procedures related to the concepts of: clinical judgment, comfort, elimination, fluid and electrolytes, nutrition, gas exchange, safety, functional ability, immunity, metabolism, mobility, and tissue integrity.  Includes health assessment and medication administration.  This course lends itself to a concept-based approach. (Fall)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • RNSG 1301 - Pharmacology

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture each week.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the program or current licensure as a Vocational Nurse
    Introduction to the science of pharmacology with emphasis on the actions, interactions, adverse effects, and nursing implications of drug classification. Content includes the roles and responsibilities of the nurse in safe administration of medications within a legal/ethical framework.
  

  • RNSG 1311 - Pathophysiology

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture and three hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: BIOL 2401  or BIOL 2404  
    Basic principles of pathophysiology emphasizing nursing applications. Includes epidemiologic factors that alter the normal physiological processes across the lifespan. This course lends itself to either a blocked or integrated approach.
  

  • RNSG 1324 - Concept Based Transition to Professional Nursing Practice

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture and four hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: Admission into Mobility ADN Program
    Co-requisites: RNSG 1128 , RNSG 1118 , RNSG 1162  

    Integration of previous health care knowledge and skills into the role development of the professional nurse as a provider of patient-centered care, patient safety advocate, member of health care team, and member of the profession. Emphasis is on clinical decision-making for patients and their families. Review of selected health care and professional nursing concepts with application through exemplars.  Health care concepts include comfort, diversity, elimination, functional ability, human development, mobility, nutrition, sensory perception, sleep, coping, thermoregulation, tissue integrity, acid-base balance, clotting, cognition, fluid and electrolyte balance, gas exchange, immunity, metabolism, nutrition, grief, and perfusion.  Professional nursing concepts include clinical judgment, communication, ethical-legal, evidenced-based practice, health promotion, informatics, patient-centered care, patient education, professionalism, safety, and team/collaboration.  Introduces concept of leadership and management. This course lends itself to a concept-based approach.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • RNSG 1327 - Transition from Vocational to Professional Nursing

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture each week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Mobility program
    Co-requisites: RNSG 1162 .

    Preparation for role transition from vocational to professional nursing. Topics include health promotion, legal/ethical issues, expanded assessment, analysis of data, systematic problem solving processes, nutrition, teaching, pharmacology, multidisciplinary teamwork, communication ,and applicable competencies in basic workplace skills. Selected common medical surgical conditions are addressed as they relate to human needs in the bio-psych/social man across the life-span.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • RNSG 1430 - Health Care Concepts I

    4 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture and one hour of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the ADN Program
    Co-requisites: RNSG 1125 , RNSG 1128 , RNSG 1160 , RNSG 1216  

    In-depth coverage of foundational health care concepts with application through selected exemplars.  Concepts include comfort, diversity, elimination, functional ability, human development, mobility, nutrition, sensory perception, sleep, thermoregulation, grief, and tissue integrity.  Emphasizes development of clinical judgment skills in the beginning nurse. This course lends itself to a concept-based approach. (Fall)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • RNSG 1493 - Travel Study

    4 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One hour of lecture and six hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: Completion of a basic nursing skills course
    Travel study to Guatemala to provide basic nursing care in a rural health clinic. Develop nursing assessment and medical Spanish skills while providing health promotion and basic care to medically-underserved clients in a rural region. Passports and immunications are required.
  

  • RNSG 1533 - Health Care Concepts II

    5 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Four hours of lecture and one hour of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: RNSG 1128 , RNSG 1160 , RNSG 1430 , RNSG 1216 , RNSG 1125  

      

      
    Co-requisites: RNSG 1126 , RNSG 2362  

    In-depth coverage of health care concepts with application through selected exemplars.  Concepts include acid-base balance, coping, clotting, cognition, fluid and electrolytes, gas exchange, immunity, metabolism, nutrition, comfort, and perfusion.  Provides continuing opportunities for development of clinical judgment skills.  The course lends itself to a concept-based approach. (Spring)

    Note: Additonal course fee(s) required.
  

  • RNSG 1538 - Health Care Concepts III

    5 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Four hours of lecture and one hour of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: RNSG 1125 , RNSG 1126 , RNSG 1128 , RNSG 1160 , RNSG 1216 , RNSG 1430 , RNSG 1533 , RNSG 2362  or equivalent course work
    Co-requisites: RNSG 1137 , RNSG 2363  

    In-depth coverage of health care concepts with nursing application through selected exemplars.  Concepts include cellular regulation, end of life, immunity, interpersonal relationships, human development, intracranial regulation, mood/affect, comfort, sexuality, mobility, and reproduction.  Provides continuing opportunities for development of clinical judgment skills. The course lends itself to a concept-based approach. (Fall)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
     
  

  • RNSG 2101 - Nursing Care of Children and Families

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One hour of lecture and one hour of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: RNSG 1343 
    Study of concepts related to the provision of nursing care for children and their families, emphasizing judgment, professional values and application of the curricular threads of nutrition, culture, safety, evidenced based practice, problem solving process, communication, health promotion, and pharmacology within a legal/ethical framework.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • RNSG 2138 - Professional Nursing Concepts IV

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: One hour of lecture and one hour of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: RNSG 1125 , RNSG 1126 , RNSG 1128 , RNSG 1137 , RNSG 1160 , RNSG 1216 , RNSG 1430 , RNSG 1533 , RNSG 1538 , RNSG 2362 , RNSG 2363  or equivalent course work
    Co-requisites: RNSG 2361  , RNSG 2539  

    Integration of professional nursing concepts and exemplars within the professional nursing roles.  Synthesizes concepts of clinical judgment, ethical-legal, evidenced-based practice, leadership and management, patient-centered care, professionalism, safety, and team/collaboration through exemplars presented in the HCC course.  Emphasizes concept of quality improvement and introduces health policy.  Incorporates concepts into role development of the professional nurse.  This course lends itself to a concept-based approach.  (Spring)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • RNSG 2160 - Clinical Adv. Concepts

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Six hours of lab per week.
    Prerequisite: RNSG 1343 , RNSG 1301 , RNSG 1144 
    Co-requisites: RNSG 2101 , RNSG 2208 , RNSG 2231 , RNSG 1161 ,  

    A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. Emphasis is on the development of professional nursing skills within the acute intermediate and critical setting for six hours per week.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • RNSG 2161 - Clinical Mental Health Nursing

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Four hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: RNSG 2160 , RNSG 2231 , RNSG 2208 , RNSG 2101 
    Co-requisites: RNSG 2213 , RNSG 2332 , RNSG 2162 , RNSG 2221 , RNSG 2163 

    A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. Emphasis is on the development of professional nursing skills within the psychiatric setting for four hours per week.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • RNSG 2162 - Clinical Enhanced Concepts

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Six hours of lab per week.
    Prerequisite: RNSG 2160 , RNSG 2231 , RNSG 2208 , RNSG 2101 
    Co-requisites: RNSG 2213 , RNSG 2221 , RNSG 2163 , RNSG 2332 

     

     

    A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized nursing theory, skills, and core curriculum concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. Emphasis is on the development of professional nursing skills, roles, judgment, and priority setting for clients with multisystem and unpredictable illness within the acute, intermediate, critical care and emergency setting.
  

  • RNSG 2163 - Clinical Management

    1 credit hour.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Six clinical hours per week.
    Prerequisite: RNSG 2160 , RNSG 2231 , RNSG 2208 , RNSG 2101 
    Co-requisites: RNSG 2161  , RNSG 2213  , RNSG 2221  , RNSG 2332 

    A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. Emphasis is on the developmental of professional nursing judgment and decision making in the management role.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • RNSG 2208 - Maternal Newborn and Women’s Health

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two hours lecture and one hour lab each week.
    Prerequisite: RNSG 1343 .
    Study of concepts related to the provision of nursing care for normal childbearing families and those at risk, as well as women’s health issues; competency in knowledge, judgment, skill, professional values and application of the curricular threads of nutrition, culture, safety, evidenced based practice, problem solving process, communication, pathophysiology, health promotion, and pharmacology within a legal/ethical framework, including a focus on normal and high-risk needs for the childbearing family during the preconception, prenatal, intrapartum, neonatal, and postpartum periods; and consideration of selected issues in women’s health.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • RNSG 2213 - Mental Health Nursing

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two hours lecture and one hour of lab each week
    Prerequisite: RNSG 1343 
    Principles and concepts of mental health, psychopathology, and treatment modalities related to the nursing care of patients and their families. The ongoing application of the curricular threads of nutrition, culture, safety, evidenced based practice, problem solving process, communication; pathophysiology, mental health promotion, and pharmacology are included.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • RNSG 2221 - Management

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two hours of lecture and one hour of lab each week
    Prerequisite: RNSG 2231 
    Co-requisites: RNSG 2163 

    Exploration of leadership and management principles applicable to the role of the nurse as a provider of care, coordinator of care, and member of a profession. Includes application of knowledge, judgment, skills, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • RNSG 2231 - Advanced Needs of Adult Health

    2 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Two hours of lecture and one hour of lab each week
    Prerequisite: RNSG 1343 
    Application of advanced concepts and skills for the development of the professional nurse’s roles in complex nursing situations with adult patients/families involving multiple body systems. Emphasis on advanced knowledge, judgment, skills, professional values and analysis of the curricular threads of nutrition, culture, safety, evidenced based practice, problem solving process, communication, health promotion and pharmacology within a legal/ethical framework.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • RNSG 2332 - Enhanced Concepts of Adult Health

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of lecture and one hour of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: RNSG 2231 
    Co-requisites: RNSG 2162 

    Enhanced concepts and skills for developing professional competencies in complicated nursing care situations involving adult patients/families with multiple body system problems. Emphasizes critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and determining legal/ethical values for optimization of client care in intermediate, acute care, and critical settings.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • RNSG 2361 - Clinical IV

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Twelve hours of lab each week.
    Co-requisites: RNSG 2138  , RNSG 2539   

    A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. The student must pass both RNSG 2138, RNSG 2539, and RNSG 2361 concurrently in order to be able to graduate from the nursing program.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • RNSG 2362 - Clinical II

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Twelve hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: RNSG 1125 , RNSG 1128 , RNSG 1160 , RNSG 1216 , RNSG 1430  
    Co-requisites: RNSG 1126 , RNSG 1533  

    A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts.  Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional.  The student must pass both RNSG 1533, 1126 and 2362 concurrently in order to be able to progress to the Level III nursing courses. (Spring)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • RNSG 2363 - Clinical III

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Twelve hours of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: RNSG 1125 , RNSG 1126 , RNSG 1128 , RNSG 1160 , RNSG 1216 , RNSG 1430 , RNSG 1533 , RNSG 2362  or equivalent coursework
    Co-requisites: RNSG 1538 , RNSG 1137  

    A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. The student must pass both RNSG 2363, RNSG 1538 and RNSG 1137 concurrently in order for the student to progress to the Level IV courses. (Fall)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • RNSG 2539 - Health Care Concepts IV

    5 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Four hours of lecture and one hour of lab each week
    Prerequisite: RNSG 1125 , RNSG 1126 , RNSG 1128 , RNSG 1137 , RNSG 1160 , RNSG 1216 , RNSG 1430 , RNSG 1533 , RNSG 1538 , RNSG 2362 , RNSG 2363  or equivalent course work
    Co-requisites: RNSG 2361 , RNSG 2138  

    In-depth coverage of advanced health care concepts with nursing application through selected exemplars.  Concepts include, cognition, immunity, clotting, fluid and electrolyte balance, gas exchange, metabolism, nutrition, perfusion, coping, tissue integrity, and interpersonal relationships.  Continuing development of clinical judgment with integration of all program concepts. The course lends itself to a concept-based approach. (Spring)

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.

Office Technology
  

  • MRMT 1307 - Medical Transcription I

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours lecture and 1 hour of lab each week.
    Prerequisite: POFT 1329  or concurrent enrollment
    Fundamentals of medical terminology and transcription including basic reports such as history and physical, discharge summaries, consultations, operative, and other medical reports. Students will be able to transcribe physician dictation; develop proofreading and editing skills; and increase speed and productivity.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • MRMT 2333 - Medical Transcription II

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours lecture and one hours of lab each week
    Prerequisite: POFT 1329  or concurrent enrollment
    A continuation of Medical Transcription I to further develop transcribing skills in the production of medical reports including history and physical, discharge summaries, consultations, operative, and other medical reports. Students will be able to transcribe physician dictation; develop proofreading and editing skills; and increase speed and productivity.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • POFL 1303 - Legal Office Procedures

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class each week
    Prerequisite: POFT 1329  and POFL 1305 
    Study of the administrative duties of support personnel in a law office including issues involved in understanding and using social, organization, and technological systems.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
  

  • POFL 1305 - Legal Terminology

    3 credit hours.
    Lecture/Lab/Clinical: Three hours of class each week
    Prerequisite: POFT 1329  or concurrent enrollment 
    An introduction to legal terminology including spelling, pronunciation, and definition of legal terms and an overview of the law and the professions. Students will also develop skills for transcribing effectively.

    Note: Additional course fee(s) required.
 

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