9 courses with the subject PNU, 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.
PNU 100Health Promotion, Safety, and Infection Control
This course will introduce nursing and the role of the Licensed Practical Nurse in today's healthcare system. It examines the healthcare system and methods of delivery of nursing care. It examines the concepts of health, illness, stress, and health promotion. It presents the holistic approach to promoting wellness. It addresses the cultural, educational, social, legal, and ethical aspects that influence nursing care. It provides information on guidelines for patient safety and infection control, specifically identifying risk factors and strategies utilized in the care of patients to promote health. 1 credit
This course introduces the fundamentals of nursing which include: the components of the nursing process; critical thinking; and clinical judgement. The nurse uses these fundamentals to develop good clinical reasoning skills required for desired patient outcomes. Students are introduced to the basic nursing need of patients, and the independent and dependent nursing actions they can perform to meet those needs. The fundamentals of direct patient-centered care using the nursing process to guide safe, competent, legal, and ethical nursing practice are introduced. Students are given the opportunities in clinical settings to apply assessment and communication skills, and technology while beginning to implement basic nursing care interventions.
This course examines key content areas to conceptualize the important components of nursing pharmacology related to pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and physiology. Major drug groups will be explored in terms of drug classifications, indications, mechanisms of action, adverse effects, contraindications, quality, safety and the nursing process. The principles of altered pharmacodynamics relative to populations, age and ethnicity are included. Specific nursing responsibilities related to drug administration are emphasized, including medication calculations.
This course examines the principles of growth and development across the life span. It specifically provides knowledge about biological, psychological, cognitive/intellectual, social, and spiritual needs of patients from the infant to the elderly person so that care can be planned according to these needs. The student will learn about the stages of growth and development and age specific characteristics and needs for the infant, toddler preschool child, school age child, adolescent, early adulthood, middle aged adults, and the elderly. An introduction to Freud’s theory of personality and the mind, Kohlberg’s theory of moral development, Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development, and Piaget’s theory of cognitive development. The nursing process is applied to the growth and development characteristics and health care needs across the life span. Health promotion activities for age groups along the continuum of life are identified. It examines loss, grief, and end-of-life care.
This course examines the use of the nursing process in providing care for adult patients who are affected with medical/surgical health problems related to cardiovascular, respiratory, and neurological conditions. The core components of these specific system disorders and diseases include etiology, signs and symptoms, nursing diagnosis and interventions. The relationship of fluids, electrolytes, acid- base balance and nutrition to disorders and disease is identified. It presents an understanding of the concepts that are required for the application of basic direct nursing actions to support and maintain positive patient outcomes.
This course examines the use of the nursing process in providing care for adult patients related to elimination, mobility, and maintenance of skin integrity. It provides instructions and practice in the care of patients with various types of illness and incapacities. The LPN student is introduced to his/her role in the direct care of surgical patients. It describes strategies to address the simple nursing, short term nursing and long-term nursing needs of patients. It includes utilizing the nursing process and critical thinking and employing communication technology, community resources and socio-cultural factors in providing nursing care to adult med-surg patients.
This course is a culmination of theory and practice components that define the role of the LPN as a leader, advocate, and healthcare team member. Leadership styles will be examined, along with characteristics that define leaders. The significance of interpersonal relationships and effective communication will be evaluated. Meeting the needs of patients, families, and communities in the delivery of care is paramount in this role. The importance of health care organizations and need for active participation in nursing organizations will be examined. The recognition of career opportunities and need for continuing education is explored.
This course will provide an in-depth review in preparation for taking the NCLEX-PN exam. The course includes a review of the structure and scoring on the NCLEX-PN.
