37 courses with the subject NRC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
NRC 151Introduction to Nursing Informatics3
Nursing informatics is a nursing specialty that draws from computer science, information science, cognitive and decision sciences, and nursing science. Students will gain knowledge and skills to enhance patient-care delivery, promote consumer health, utilize nursing research, and provide education through information technology. This course focuses on content that provides the learner with the basic tools in the areas of computer literacy, information literacy, and health literacy. Prerequisite: Admission to BSN program.
NRC 231Nursing Process and Contemporary Nursing Practice3
This course establishes the basic foundation for nursing as an art and a science. The course assists students to understand what it means to be a professional nurse; to appreciate the history of nursing; to understand and prize nursing?s values, standards, and ethics; to learn the significance of the nursing process; to recognize and deal effectively with social and economic factors that influence how the profession is practiced; and to appreciate the need to be lifelong learners and contributing members of the nursing profession.
This fundamental nursing skills course introduces the student to the relationship between evidence-based nursing practice (science) and caring (art) while performing patient-centered care tasks including meeting the basic needs of oxygenation, nutrition, elimination, activity and rest, protection, and psychosocial integrity. (Prerequisite: NRC 231. Corequisites: NRC 232L, NRC 232P)
NRC 232LLaboratory, Basic Principles of Patient Centered Care2
This fundamental nursing skills laboratory allows the student to apply the NRC 232 concepts and principles learned in a controlled classroom environment. (Prerequisite: NRC 231. Corequisites: NRC 232 NRC 232P)
NRC 232PPracticum, Basic Principles of Patient Centered Care1
This fundamental nursing skills practicum allows the student to apply the NRC 232 & NRC 232L concepts, principles and skills learned in the classroom and laboratory to a real patient care situation in a long term care or skilled nursing unit. (Prerequisite: NRC 231. Corequisites: NRC 232, NRC 232L).
An introduction to concepts of aging with a focus on health promotion, maintenance of functional capacity, normal physiologic changes, and improvement of quality of life through interdisciplinary collaboration. (Prerequisite: NRC 231)
NRC 249Legal and Ethical Issues Impacting Nursing Practice2
This course is designed to prepare the student for legal and ethical issues facing today?s practicing nurse. The student will study the basics of the legal system, current legal responsibilities, licensure standards, patient consents, HIPAA, and other legally pertinent concerns. The elements of ethical decision making will be addressed as well as advanced directives, end-of-life care, and organ donation (Prerequisite: NRC 231)
NRC 250Advanced Principles of Patient Centered Care3
The student?s capability to perform more complex patient centered nursing care skills is the focus of this course. Evidence-based practice and critical thinking skill development is focused on medication administration, intravenous therapy, laboratory and diagnostic testing, and patient treatments. The course is designed to integrate knowledge and skills from NRC 232. (Prerequisites: NRC 231; NRC 232, NRC 232L, NRC 232P; NRC 282, NRC 282L, NRC 282P; BIOL 206; BIOL 223; BIOL 224, MAT 107. Corequisites: NRC 250L, NRC 250P; NRC 290; BIOL 300, MAT 107 (*if repeating course)
NRC 250PPracticum, Advanced Principles of Patient Centered Care1
This advanced nursing skills practicum allows the student to apply the NRC 232, NRC 232L, NRC 250 and NRC 250L concepts, principles, and skills learned in the classroom and laboratory to a real patient care situation in a long term care or skilled nursing care unit. Prerequisites: NRC 231; NRC 232, NRC 232L, NRC 232P; NRC 282, NRC 282L, NRC 282P. Corequisites: NRC 250, NRC 250L; NRC 290
The student will learn how to conduct a head-to-toe assessment of the patient?s health status related to the physiologic, self-concept, role function, and interdependence modes. Health promotion will center on meeting the Healthy People 2020 objectives. (Prerequisites: NRC 231; NRC 232, NRC 232L, NRC 232P; BIOL 223; BIOL 224. Corequisites: NRC 282L, NRC 282P; BIOL 206)
NRC 282LLaboratory, Health Assessment and Health Promotion2
This laboratory allows the student to apply the NSG 282 concepts and principles learned in a controlled classroom environment. The student clinically will be able to conduct both complete and focused health assessments by demonstrating an understanding of normal, normal deviation and abnormal physical findings across the lifespan. (Prerequisites: NRC 231; NRC 232, NRC 232L, NRC 232P; BIOL 223; BIOL 224. Corequisites: NRC 282, NRC 282P; BIOL 206)
NRC 282PPracticum, Health Assessment and Health Promotion1
This practicum allows the student to apply NSG 282 and NSG 282L concepts, principles and skills learned in the classroom and laboratory to a real patient care situation in a community, acute or long-term care setting. (Prerequisites: NRC 231; NRC 232, NRC 232L, NRC 232P; BIOL 223; BIOL 224. Corequisites: NRC 282, NRC 282L; BIOL 206)
Addresses general concepts in pharmacology and an overview of major drug groups. For each major drug group, the pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacotherapeutics, adverse drug reactions, and nursing management will be outlined. (Prerequisites: NRC 231; NRC 232, NRC 232L, NRC 232P; NRC 282, NRC 282L, NRC 282P; BIOL 206; BIOL 223, BIOL 224. Corequisites: NRC 250, NRC 250L, NRC 250P; BIOL 300)
This course is designed to prepare the student for providing patient centered care during the childbearing and menopausal years. The student will study both normal and complicated pregnancies; well and high-risk newborns; family influences; family planning; childbearing alternatives and women?s healthcare needs. (Prerequisites: NRC 231; NRC 232, NRC 232L, NRC 232P; NRC 250, NRC 250L, NRC 250P; NRC 282, NRC 282L, NRC 282P; NRC 290; NRC 345; NRC 385, NRC 385P; NRC 386, NRC 386P; NRC 387, NRC 387P; BIOL 206; BIOL 223; BIOL 224; BIOL 300; PSY 151. Corequisites: NRC 312L, NRC 312P)
This course is designed to prepare the student for the unique health influences the family and culture have upon the individual. Topics will include family dynamics, cultural beliefs and values, and impact upon the individual?s health practices. (Prerequisites: NRC 231)
Students are challenged to apply critical thinking skills in various healthcare situations. The course is designed to encourage the student to use cognitive skills purposefully to deliver safe and effective patient centered care. (Prerequisites: NRC 231; PHIL 112)
In this course the student will learn to use knowledge from social science, public health science, and nursing science to promote and protect the health of diverse populations. In this course, students will learn how to apply the nursing process to address the health risks and needs of populations, groups, families, and individuals in selected communities, with an emphasis on caring for vulnerable and underserved clients in a just and ethical manner. Students will also learn how to use previously gained nursing knowledge and newly acquired social, public health, and nursing information to collaborate with populations and communities in order to help them thrive. (Prerequisites: NRC 231; NRC 232, NRC 232L, NRC 232P; NRC 250, NRC 250L, NRC 250P; NRC 282, NRC 282L, NRC 282P; NRC 290; NRC 385, NRC 385P; NRC 386, NRC 386P; NRC 387, NRC 387P; BIOL 206; BIOL 223; BIOL 224; BIOL 300; PSY 101; PSY 151; SOC 101. Corequisites: NRC 380P)
NRC 380PPracticum, Community and Population-Based Nursing3
This practicum allows the student to apply NSG 380 concepts, principles, and skills learned in the classroom to a real patient care situation in a clinic, home health, school, or residential facility. Students will conduct a community survey of health needs. Prerequisites: NRC 231; NRC 232, NRC 232L, NRC 232P; NRC 250, NRC 250L, NRC 250P; NRC 282, NRC 282L, NRC 282P; NRC 290; NRC 385, NRC 385P; NRC 386, NRC 386P; NRC 387, NRC 387P; BIOL 206; BIOL 223; BIOL 224; BIOL 300; PSY 101; PSY 151; SOC 101. Corequisites: NSG 380.
This course presents the roles of the nurse in relation to assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, intervention, and evaluation of adult and older adult?s response to alterations in health. Includes the etiology, epidemiology, pathophysiology, appropriate medical management, diagnostics, and related therapeutic nursing interventions within the context of the patient/client, their families, and environments. Topic areas include fluid and electrolytes, acid-base balance/imbalances, and alterations in the functions of the immune, respiratory, cardiovascular, hematologic, urinary, and nervous systems. (Prerequisites: NRC 231, NRC 232, NRC 232L, NRC 232P; NRC 250, NRC 250L, NRC 250P; NRC 282, NRC 282L, NRC 282P; NSG 290; BIOL 206; BIOL 223; BIOL 224; BIOL 300; COM 210. Corequisite: NRC 385P)
NRC 386Nursing Care of Adults and Older Adults II4
This course presents the roles of the nurse in relation to assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, intervention, and evaluation of adult and older adult?s response to alterations in health. Includes the etiology, epidemiology, pathophysiology, appropriate medical management, diagnostics, and related therapeutic nursing interventions within the context of the patient/client, their families, and environments. Topic areas include the integumentary, musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, sensory, endocrine, and reproductive systems. (Prerequisite: NRC 231; NRC 232, NRC 232L, NRC 232P; NRC 250, NRC 250L, NRC 250P; NRC 282, NRC 282L, NRC 282P; NRC 290; BIOL 206; BIOL 223; BIOL 224; BIOL 300; COM 210. Corequisite: NRC 386P)
NRC 387Nursing Care of the Pediatric Patient/Client3.5
This course presents the roles of the nurse in relation to assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, intervention, and evaluation of the pediatric patient/client and family response to alterations in health. Includes the etiology, epidemiology, pathophysiology, appropriate medical management, diagnostics, and related therapeutic nursing interventions within the context of the patient/client, their families, and environments. Topic areas include both normal growth development and health promotion along with alterations along the health continuum. (Prerequisites: NRC 231; NRC 232, NRC 232L, NRC 232P; NRC 250, NRC 250L, NRC 250P; NRC 282, NRC 282L, NRC 282P; NRC 290; NRC 385, NRC 385P; NRC 386, NRC 386P; BIOL 206; BIOL 223; BIOL 224; BIOL 300; PSY 151, CHEM 121. Corequisites: NRC 387P)
NRC 388Nursing Care of Persons with Mental Health Impairments3.5
This course presents the roles of the nurse in relation to assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, intervention, and evaluation of patient/client responses across the lifespan to alterations in mental health. Includes the etiology, epidemiology, pathophysiology, appropriate medical management, diagnostics, and related therapeutic nursing interventions within the context of the patient/client, their families, and environments. The student will study therapeutic approaches as well as psychosocial adaptation alterations. (Prerequisites: NRC 231; NRC 232, NRC 232L, NRC 232P; NRC 250, NRC 250L, NRC 250P; NRC 282, NRC 282L, NRC 282P; NRC 290; NRC 385, NRC 385P; NRC 386, NRC 386P; NRC 387, NRC 387P; BIOL 206; BIOL 223, BIOL 224, BIOL 300; PSY 101; PSY 151. Corequisites: NRC 388P; SOC 101)
NRC 410High Acuity Principles of Patient Centered Care4
Preparatory course for NSG 420. This course prepares the student to perform skills unique to the critical and emergent healthcare environments. Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) concepts will be emphasized and skills will be demonstrated within a simulation environment. Critical care medications, advanced medication calculation, ECG interpretation, an introduction to hemodynamic monitoring, and the roles of the high acuity nurse will be emphasized. Prerequisites: NRC 231; NRC 232, NRC 232L, NRC 232P; NRC 250, NRC 250L, NRC 250P; NRC 282, NRC 282L, NRC 282P; NRC 385, NRC385P; NRC 386, NRC 386P; NRC 387. NRC 387P; BIOL 206; BIOL 223; BIOL 224; BIOL 300.
NRC 452Capstone: Transition to Professional Nursing3
This course is designed to prepare the student for role changes. It promotes the student?s transition from student to licensed professional nurse. Focus is on licensure preparation, completion of a self-assessment of student progress in the attainment of the nursing program outcomes in the roles of provider of care, leader/manager, and member of the profession, and completion of a professional resume. The student will be given a capstone project that entails research, presentation, writing, and critical reflection of the evolution of their clinical practice. (Prerequisites: NRC 231; NRC 232/232L, NRC 232P; NRC 233; NRC 249; NRC 250, NRC 250L, NRC 250P; NRC 282, NRC 282L, NRC 282P; NRC 290; NRC 312, NRC 312L, NRC 312P; NRC 345; NRC 348; NRC 380 NRC 380P; NRC 385, NRC 385P; NRC 386, NRC 386P; NRC 387, NRC 387P; NRC 388. NRC 388P; NRC 410; NRC 420, NRC 420P; NRC 451, NRC 451P; BIOL 112; BIOL 206; BIOL 223; BIOL 224; BIOL 300; CHEM 121. Corequisites: NRC 452P)
NRC 460Research Methods for Evidence-Based Nursing Practice4.5
Focuses on the role of the professional nurse as an informed consumer of evidence-based research. Explores quantitative and qualitative approaches to the study of health and illness, as well as the relationship of theory to practice. Topics include literature reviews, research designs, methods of data collection, and analytical procedures. Explores the ethics for research with human subjects. The student will prepare a research proposal. (Prerequisites: NRC 231; NRC 232, NRC 232L, NRC 232P; NRC 250, NRC 250L, NRC 250P; NRC 282, NRC 282L, NRC 282P; NRC 290; NRC 385, NRC 385P; NRC 386, NRC 386P; NRC 387, NRC 387P;COM 125; MAT 107; STAT 250 Corequisites: NRC 380, NRC 380P)
