15 courses with the subject PRNU, 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.
| Lecture This course is designed to prepare students for safe medication administration in the areas of dosage calculation, medication label interpretation and syringe measurement.
2 credits | Lecture This course presents basic principles of pharmaceuticals. Included in this course is information on pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, accurate dosage calculations, common adverse/side effects, and contraindications to drug use with pharmacological interventions for management. Emphasis is placed on dosage calculation, drug classifications and nursing care related to the safe administration of medications to patients across the lifespan.
4 credits | Lecture/Lab This course will develop the student's basic understanding of various health conditions, physiologic functions, developmental considerations, societal and nursing care needs of clients. This course emphasizes the following: disease processes, diagnostic tests, pharmacology, medical/surgical treatments, nursing interventions, nutritional considerations and emotional needs. This includes specific adult and geriatric concepts and information. The body systems included are integumentary, musculoskeletal, diabetes, neuro/sensory and male reproductive and genitourinary systems.
| Lecture/Lab This course will develop the student's basic understanding of develop the student's ability to understand the care of the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum patient, the newborn, as well as assessment milestones of the well child. This course will specifically develop the student's understanding of various conditions affecting the status of prenatal care, labor and delivery of mother and care of the newborn. The course will also integrate the student learner outcomes, cultural implications and the emotional needs of patients important for providing safe, quality patient centered care. P a g e | 99
3 credits | Lecture/Lab This course provides basic concepts, skills, and elements of nursing practice, which provides a foundation of knowledge by which the nurse is guided in giving care. Principles of nursing process, caring communication, ethical and legal issues, medical terminology and documentation, data collecting, client evaluation, sterile technique, wound healing, elimination, surgical care, various clinical procedures, and medication administration will be covered. Various skills essential to safe practices of nursing will be emphasized, demonstrated and tested.
| Lab Simulation focuses on focused assessments and collecting data, implementing skills learned in the lab setting, documenting findings, prioritization, nursing judgment, communication skills, and reinforcing teaching plans for patients with common problems. Performance on the technical skills learned in Skills I will be formally evaluated. These skills will include vital signs, head-to-toe assessment, sterile technique, catheterization, and medication administration in the simulation lab.
4 credits | Lab Clinical 1 provides the student an opportunity to apply nursing judgment using the nursing process to implement safe, patient/relationship centered care in selected settings. The clinical student focuses on focused assessments and collecting data, implementing skills learned in the lab setting, documenting findings and reinforcing teaching plans for patients with common problems. The student develops communication and customer service skills working with individual patients and team members. This clinical experience occurs in a variety of settings: initially in long term care, transitional care, and the simulation lab. The last part of the course the students progress to primarily acute care facilities and ambulatory care, working with patients (including maternal/child/pediatric) across the health and age continuum. This may include a variety of additional settings such as home care, imaging, PT, RT. MINNESOTA NORTH COLLEGE | 2024-25 CURRICULUM CATALOG
2 credits | Lecture This course presents additional basic principles of pharmaceuticals beyond Pharmacology 1. Included in this course is information on pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, accurate dosage calculations, common adverse/side effects, contraindications to drug use, and fluid and electrolyte disturbances with pharmacological interventions for management. Emphasis is placed on select drug classifications and nursing care related to the safe administration of medications to patients across the lifespan. Prerequisities: PRNU 1204, PRNU 1205, PRNU 1208, PRNU 1210, PRNU 1212, PRNU 1213
4 credits | Lecture/Lab This course will advance the student's understanding of various health/illness concepts and nursing care for clients. This course will expand the student's understanding of health conditions, emphasizing common medical/surgical problems that may require management in an acute care facility and with clients experiencing co-morbid diseases or emerging complications. Emphasis is placed on care of clients with endocrine, gastrointestinal - accessory organ, oncology, blood - lymphatic, cardiovascular, and respiratory system disorders. Each unit covers the following: disease process, diagnostic tests, pharmacology, medical/surgical treatments, nutrition, health/illness concepts and nursing interventions with focus on adult and geriatric concerns. The course also integrates the student learner outcomes, cultural implications and the emotional needs of clients, important for providing safe, quality patient centered care. Prerequisities: PRNU 1204, PRNU 1205, PRNU 1208, PRNU 1210, PRNU 1212, PRNU 1213
| Lecture Psychosocial nursing care focuses on care of patients with psychiatric and behavioral disorders. Emphasis is placed on common psychiatric and behavioral disorders as well as promoting and maintaining the mental health of individuals. Prerequisities: PRNU 1204, PRNU 1205, PRNU 1208, PRNU 1210, PRNU 1212, PRNU 1213 P a g e | 100
| Lab Pediatric simulation focuses on focused assessments and collecting data, implementing skills learned in the lab setting, documenting findings, prioritization, nursing judgment, communication skills, and reinforcing teaching plans for pediatric patients. Lab- based learning includes pediatric head-to-toe assessment, pediatric concerns, and deviations in pediatric health in the simulation lab. Prerequisities: PRNU 1204, PRNU 1205, PRNU 1208, PRNU 1210, PRNU 1212, PRNU 1213
| Lecture This course will develop the student's basic understanding of legal, moral, ethical, cultural diversity and spiritual issues related to the scope of practice, licensure and employment. The content is intended to provide concepts needed to enable a smooth role transition from practical nursing student to Licensed Practical Nurse. The course will also integrate the student learner outcomes, cultural implications and the emotional needs of patients important for providing safe, quality patient centered care. Prerequisities: PRNU 1204, PRNU 1205, PRNU 1208, PRNU 1210, PRNU 1211, PRNU 1212, PRNU 1213
1 credit | Lab This course builds on the knowledge gained in Nursing Skills 1 and provides the concepts, skills, and elements of nursing practice that will guide the nursing student in more advanced care of patients. Emphasis is placed on the knowledge of skills, equipment and care of patients with conditions of the musculoskeletal, respiratory, and gastrointestinal systems. IV therapy skills, equipment, theory and dosage calculation will be emphasized. Prerequisities: PRNU 1204, PRNU 1205, PRNU 1208, PRNU 1210, PRNU 1211, PRNU 1212, PRNU 1213
4 credits | Lab Clinical 2 provides the student an opportunity to apply nursing judgment using evidence-based care, critical thinking and clinical judgment to implement safe, patient centered care to individual patients across the lifespan (including maternal/child/ pediatric). MINNESOTA NORTH COLLEGE | 2024-25 CURRICULUM CATALOG The clinical student reflects on the value of patient centered care, teamwork and collaboration, informatics, quality improvement, safety, managing care of the individual patient, and nursing judgment/evidence-based care. This clinical experience occurs in a variety of settings: primarily acute care and ambulatory care, however may include a variety of additional sites such as home care, imaging, PT, RT, and schools with patients across the health and age continuum. The simulation lab will be utilized as well. Prerequisities: PRNU 1204, PRNU 1205, PRNU 1208, PRNU 1210, PRNU 1212, PRNU 1213
| Lab This course facilitates the transition of the student to the role of a practical nurse in the clinical setting. Concepts related to management, teamwork and quality improvement through self-reflection on performance are emphasized as well as career development that may enhance career progression. Standards of practice and the importance of practicing according to state regulations and statutes for the scope of practice for the LPN are further emphasized and analyzed. This clinical course experience may allow students to care for multi- patient assignments and occurs in primarily the acute care and long-term care setting with individual patients across the life span; and includes simulation lab experience. A variety of additional sites such as hospice, home care, ambulatory care and assisted living may be used. The students will also attend and participate in a required live board review as part of the integrated practicum course. Prerequisities: PRNU 1204, PRNU 1205, PRNU 1208, PRNU 1210, PRNU 1211, PRNU 1212, PRNU 1213
Source: Minnesota North College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
