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VN 320 Nursing in 30 30/3.0 Pediatric Care VN 310 Nursing in 30 30/3.0 Obstetric Care VN 35o Skills Application 16o 160/5.3 Practicum III Practicum III — TOTAL: 582 240 736 1558/94* VN 375 NCLEX Review 80 8o/8.o Course'"* *Per COE Policies and Procedures: The policy of the Commission is mat me conversion or clock hours to credithours wr mmviumi wuo as ,.my w M.w.... finetion or decimal but must not be inflated by rounding up. The sum of the course credit hours for a program must equal a whole number without rounding up. **NCLEX Review Course is a preparation course offered to students at no additional cost COURSE DESCRIPTIONS: A&P 200 — Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology — This course introduces students to the structure and function of the human organ systems. The course is designed to provide a basic understanding of the human body and associated terminology. The course competencies and assessments are based on the guidelines of accreditation from governing agencies. NUT iio — Nutrition in Healthcare — This course provides the guidelines and details of the correlation between nutrition in health and disease. Nutrition in healthcare pertains to the subject of medical nutrition therapy for hospitalized and outpatient care cases. Learning how to assess and evaluate the nutritional status of a patient for therapeutic measures is an essential element of this course. The students will be educated on specific nutritional status and health outcomes. VN Pharm 200 — Pharmacology I — This course introduces students to acquire basic knowledge of pharmacology and drug dosage calculations. The pharmacology component includes drug classifications, action/kinetics, side effects, drug interactions, and desired outcomes. Dosage calculations emphasize the use of Roman Numerals, percentages, ratios, metric conversions, apothecary, and household measurement systems. VN 1oo — Nursing Fundamentals — This course provides a history of the nursing profession and describes the subjects of medical ethics and professional responsibility that are directly correlated to the nursing profession. The nursing tools of critical thinking, communication, cultural sensitivity, and empathetic actions are reviewed and discussed for their significance to the field. Each nursing element regarding nursing processes, diagnostic evaluations, supportive care, and documentation are described and clarified for relevance to the situation. The focus of this course is on the foundation of the profession and the therapeutic role of the nurse in multiple patient care settings. VN 125 — Skills Lab — The course takes the student through beginning, intermediate, and advanced practical skills related to patient care. The beginning skills will define and establish the vocational nursing scope of practice, including the nurse role within the healthcare team. The first level of skills practice will demonstrate the nursing process and development of the patient care plan. Beginning skill will include learning and demonstrating medical asepsis, bathing, personal hygiene, measurement, body mechanics, normal elimination, patient safety and restraints, and the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers. The intermediate skills will include enteral nutrition, ostomy care, and urinary catheter maintenance, preoperative and postoperative care, and specimen collection, oxygenation, suctioning techniques, and wound care. The advanced skill level of instruction will include non-parenteral medication administration and the nursing techniques used to safely administer these medications. This course will provide the training needed to apply these skills in actual healthcare settings. VN Pharm 300 — Pharmacology II — This course is the second pharmacology course, which will expand the students' knowledge base of pharmacological agents related to specific systems. Developing proficiency with drug classifications and their use in the treatment of diseases and conditions will be the focus of this course. VN zoo - Medical -Surgical I — The course is the first phase of medical -surgical provides the nursing theories associated with the adult patient. The course details signs and symptoms, diagnostic methods, treatment measures, and the basics of disease pathology. This phase focuses on elderly (geriatric) care, oncology care, and multiple medical surgical aspects of care. Focus is provided on commonly used drugs and the implications of these drugs on disease and illness. The subject of homeostasis is explained with exploration into electrolyte and acid -based balance, with patient who has compromised fluids. The foundation of medical -surgical nursing is carried throughout the course through theory and discussion on multiple illnesses and disease states effecting the respiratory, cardiovascular, immune, and circulatory systems. VN 150 Practicum I — Clinical Application I — This course is the first set of hands -on -practice which will span across twelve weeks. Students will have the opportunity to put theories into practice and use their acquired knowledge to appropriately address patient needs. Students will be assigned to various medical -surgical related facilities and specialty focused facilities. Ongoing bY9