20 courses with the subject PN, 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.
This course will familiarize students with developments in the history of nursing and the contemporary nursing environment. The continuum of healthcare from acute to community-based care will be discussed with multidisciplinary resources available in each setting.
This course will review basic physical assessment, nutritional needs and skills for activity of daily living skills with students. Assessment by body systems, body mechanics and psychomotor skills are presented in the first 7 weeks of the semester through 84 laboratory hours of practice. Assessments and skills will be evaluated by PN faculty prior to clinical field experience.
This course provides opportunities for students to perform physical assessments by body system and practice skills to assist in activities of daily living skills for older &/or differently abled adults. There are 84 clinical hours in the course. Students will be able to begin to discuss how to plan safe, nursing care after completing this clinical rotation. 144
This course will familiarize students with specialized equipment found in various healthcare settings and the required safety precautions. Various departments and support services will be identified. Students will be prepared to obtain appropriate services for clients and to explain the functions of various healthcare personnel. Knowledge of emergency preparedness, microbiology, medical asepsis, and infection control will prepare students to work safely and react appropriately to emergency situations.
The family is the most basic unit in society and profoundly influences its members. When giving care, nurses must consider the patient and the family’s needs. This course informs students of the characteristics of families and individuals including the sequence and characteristics of development. To be addressed will be infancy and childhood, adolescence, early and middle adulthood; older adulthood, and end of life.
This course will provide knowledge for a problem-solving process that shows the differences in roles between licensed and unlicensed personnel. Students outline the Nursing Process which integrates critical thinking with interventions. Students will describe the relationship between interventions and patients’ status. This course includes documentation of clinical assessments, planning of care, evaluation, discharge planning.
In his course, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs are described along with the nurse’s role in helping people meet the needs. This course will make the student aware that the basic survival needs must be met to progress to more complex needs. Individual, family, and community needs are identified and examined. Key aspects about the continuum of health, community health and transcultural healthcare are reviewed.
This course covers nursing care for people with mental health and substance use disorders. The course is a corequisite with a 70 hour clinical experience. Students will learn mental health communication skills that may be applied in various settings. Students will practice interaction techniques that can help prevent further stress and abnormal use of defense mechanisms. Recognizing and caring for clients with substance use disorders requires high-level data gathering, nursing skills, patience, and compassion.
This course is intended to provide experience performing basic mental health nursing skills including data collection during a clinical rotation consisting of 84 hours in a mental health setting. 145
This course introduces students to the study of gerontology. Students will learn about the effects of aging and age-related processes, including diseases and disorders. Content includes the physical, psychological, economic, sociologic, and spiritual dimensions of the aging process. Various forms of cognitive impairment are examined. Factors to reduce cognitive impairment will be addressed, as will relevant terminology, diagnostic methods, and impairment progression.
This is an 84 hour clinical experience where the focus is care of older adults. Students will see the processes and effects of normal aging, including diseases and disorders. In caring for their clients, students will assess the physical, psychological, economic, sociological, and spiritual dimensions of the aging process. Students will examine and distinguish between various forms of cognitive impairment. Factors to reduce cognitive impairment will be considered, as will relevant terminology, diagnostic methods, and impairment progression.
This course discusses the basics of pharmacology; the study of chemical substances and their effects on the body. Dosage calculation methods and medication classifications are introduced. Administration of non-injectable, parenteral medication are described and will be practiced in the skills laboratory.
This course introduces the student to the national council for licensure examination in practical nursing (NCLEX-PN) exam, the general procedure for obtaining the initial nursing license, and the responsibilities to maintain this license. In addition, the course describes changes in the role and functions from nursing student to entry-level nurse within the healthcare team. Professional activities, continuing education, and ways to balance work and personal responsibilities are also included.
This course provides advancement in nursing knowledge and skills of disease processes and management of care of adult clients. Laboratory experiences prepare students to safely complete a clinical rotation in an acute care setting in conjunction with Medical/Surgical Nursing II. Students are evaluated for skill competency by the nursing faculty.
This course continues to review nursing implications of major conditions of key body systems. It includes didactic and skills lab experience which prepare the student for extensive field experience during the last 7 weeks of coursework
This course involves intensive clinical experience providing opportunities to perform advanced practical nursing skills. In providing care, students will show awareness of the implications of major conditions and treatments on body 146
In this course, students will learn about normal pregnancy, labor, and delivery; the bodily changes that occur, and the process of human development. Students will learn ways to help clients experience the healthiest pregnancy possible and prepare them for the life and family changes to come. Content includes care of a normal newborn, high-risk pregnancy, high-risk labor and delivery and the high-risk newborn. Contraception, fertility, and sexually transmitted infections will be reviewed
In this course, students will observe normal pregnancy, labor, delivery, post- partum care and care of the newborn. Students will practice ways to help clients experience the healthiest pregnancy possible. Students will observe and assist with care of a normal newborn, high-risk pregnancy and childbirth, and the high-risk newborn. Care of sexually transmitted infections care will be observed when feasible. There are 42 clinical hours in the course.
The fundamentals of pediatric nursing discussed in this course with emphasis on growth and development and common health alterations of pediatric clients and their families. Pediatrics is the area of care that deals with children and adolescents. The primary emphasis in current pediatric healthcare is on prevention of diseases and accidents, maintenance of good health, safety awareness, and positive lifestyle promotion. Nursing procedures described can be used or adapted across the pediatric population.
Possible clinical settings for pediatric healthcare delivery include the client’s home, school, community healthcare facility, day-surgery center, healthcare provider’s office, residential setting, acute care hospital or rehabilitation hospital in this 42 hour clinical course. Direct care may include for well, ill, physically challenged and/or intellectually challenged children.
Source: Manor College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
