College Catalog 2014-15

EAST CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

HEALTH-RELATED ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING PROGRAM

NUR 1003 — NURSE EXTERNSHIP — This course is designed to enhance the clinical development of nursing students. Students are enrolled in the course of study and may participate as an employee. The externship experience provides the student the opportunity to practice learned skills repetitively, enhance interpersonal skills, and develop organizational skills. The student has the opportunity to choose an area of clinical interest in nursing. The student receives guidance, supervision, and evaluation from a registered nurse preceptor in conjunction with nursing faculty. Prerequisites: NUR 1116, 1103 and NUR 1129. The student will complete 320 clinical employment hours during the eight weeks of employment. Three semester credit hours. NUR 1103 —PHARMACOLOGY—This course is designed to prepare students for medication administration. Major content areas include basic concepts of pharmacology, groups of therapeutic drugs, drug effects on body systems, human responses to drug therapy, systems of measurement for drugs and calculations for dosages and solutions. This course lays the theoretical foundation for medication administration by students in all nursing courses. Prerequisites BIO 2513, BIO 2511, BIO 2523, and BIO 2521. Corequisite: NUR 1116. Three semester credit hours. NUR 1116 —NURSING I — This course focuses on the nurses role in meeting the health needs of society using the nursing process as a problem solving approach. Emphasis is placed on the study and practice of the basic techniques of nursing care and the application of the scientific principles. Prerequisites BIO 2513, BIO 2511, BIO 2523, and BIO 2521. Corequisite: NUR 1103. Four class hours and six clinical hours per week. NUR 1129 — NURSING II — This course emphasizes critical thinking utilizing the nursing process to care for clients with chronic and acute medical surgical problems. Students are introduced to pathophysiology while planning and giving care to clients, with an emphasis on growth and development, nutrition, pharmacology and basic nursing skills. The clinical laboratory experiences are in a variety of settings. Prerequisites: ENG 1113, EPY 2533, NUR 1103 and NUR 1116. Six class hours per week, nine hours clinical per week. Nine semester hours credit. NUR 1148 — NURSING TRANSITION — This course focuses on updating and reinforcing information and skills already learned in a practical nursing program. The course uses a fast track approach to assist the Licensed Practical Nurse to articulate into the second year of the associate of applied science degree in nursing. Only Licensed Practical Nurses with at least one year of clinical experience are eligible for the course. The practical experience, along with competencies from the Mississippi Curriculum Framework for Practical Nursing are substituted for the first course of nursing. Prerequisites: BIO 2513, BIO 2511, BIO 2523, BIO2521, ENG 1113, EPY 2533. The eight-hour course includes 7.5 hours of lecture per week and a total of 22.5 hours of clinical laboratory. At the successful completion of the course, the student will receive a total of 18 hours of credit. NUR 2121 — NURSING SEMINAR — This course is designed to promote active participation in national, state, and local student nurse organizations and involvement in community activities. The course consists of monthly meetings where group discussions will be held concerning today’s nursing trends. Goals and objectives set by the student nursing association will be carried out by the group. One semester hour credit for four semesters of participation. NUR 2149 — NURSING III — This course utilizes the nursing process for the development of decision- making skills to care for clients with medical surgical problems and psychiatric issues. Clinical laboratory experiences include acute care and community settings. This course is offered in the fall semester of each year. Prerequisites: NUR 1129 or NUR 1148. Five hours theory per week, twelve hours clinical per week. Nine semester credit hours. NUR 2159 —NURSING IV—This course focuses on skills to plan, coordinate, implement and evaluate nursing care to promote and/or maintain healthy outcomes for clients. Clinical laboratory experiences focus on care of acutely ill clients with complex needs. Areas of study include: management, emergency nursing, acute medical nursing, and obstetrics pediatric nursing. Prerequisites: NUR 2149. An average of six class hours per week, twelve clinical hours per week. Ten semester credit hours.

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