NUR107A

Focuses on the role of the practical nurse in the delivery of basic preventative, therapeutic, and restorative nursing care in subacute, acute, and/or office settings. The course emphasizes patients and their families as holistic beings adapting to common well-defined health problems. The student uses the nursing process and clinical judgment as frameworks to study physiological and psychosocial responses to actual and potential health problems in patients of all ages. The course provides instruction on pathophysiology across the lifespan, nursing assessment, diagnosis and interventions, diagnostic tests and procedures, common therapeutic measures, and patient education for each body system. This course includes mental health content as well as care of the sick child. Special Requirement: Concurrent enrollment in NUR 107C.Prereq: Successful completion of NUR 105C. Concurrent enrollment in PSY 217 or PSY 217 with a C or better within the last seven (7) years. This course is limited to Practical Nursing majors only.

S - Every Spring

Prereq: Successful completion of NUR 105C; concurrent enrollment in PSY 217 or PSY 217 with a C or better within the last 7 years. This course is limited to Practical Nursing majors only.